China's carbon emissions did not peak in 2014 and are still increasing, China's senior climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, said at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday.
Xie said the government's pledge that emissions would peak "around 2030" is based on national conditions and has a direct relationship with the country's stage of economic development.
A study published on Monday said China's emissions, the world's highest, may have peaked in 2014. (Reuters)
PHOTO: Smoke from a chimney is silhouetted against the rising sun in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 6, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon.
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