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- Title
Why China Cannot Decarbonise.
- Authors
SMITH, Richard
- Abstract
This essay argues that regardless of President Xi Jinping's stated intentions, China cannot meet its carbon-neutral pledge. First, there are insuperable technical barriers to decarbonising the 'hard-toabate' industries that account for about half of China's carbon dioxide emissions. Second, there are insuperable political barriers posed by Xi's overriding concern to save the Chinese Communist Party from the fate of the Soviet Communist Party by winning the race to technical supremacy and overtaking the United States to become the world's top superpower. To this end, he has no choice but to maximise the growth of the very industries that are driving China's emissions off the charts.
- Subjects
CHINA; XI, Jinping, 1953-; CARBON emissions; GROWTH industries; COMMUNIST parties; GROWTH of children; GREAT powers (International relations)
- Publication
Made in China Journal, 2022, Vol 7, Issue 2, p88
- ISSN
2652-6352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22459/mic.07.02.2022.08