A skeptical person might point out that China rarely keeps its promises on environmental issues. In 2009, in the lead-up to a global summit on climate change in Copenhagen, China set a “firm target” for limiting greenhouse-gas emissions and said that it would aim to reduce its “carbon intensity” by 40 to 45 percent by 2020. It has apparently moved that deadline to 2030. China made similar promises ahead of the conference in Doha, Qatar, in 2012. But maybe things have changed over there. They’ve changed here as well.
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