The great powers such as US and China will compete to be first with climate targets, but climate crises will spur their populations to demand change too
Twelve heads of state and 130 ministers are set to attend the high level segment of the COP17 conference to broker a new climate deal.
China won’t take on binding emissions reduction targets at UN climate talks next week even though it acknowledges being the world’s largest emitter.
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/ 4 November 2011
China plans to bridge the gap between rich and poor nations by urging emerging economies to make concrete emission reduction plans.