China is known to be the globe?s largest producer of greenhouse gases, with 8715 million metric tons being emitted in 2011 solely from the consumption of energy. To put this into perspective, the second ranked country is the United States with 5490 million metric tons while at third is Russia with 1788. Evidently, a major contributing factor to such a statistic lies in its population increase, correlating with economic growth and urbanization. As more people get richer and buy more materialistic goods ranging from cars to smartphones, the demand needed has to be supported by high-polluting fossil fuel factories. Though transitions towards other energy sources have been made, a staggering two-thirds of energy use in China is through coal.

Initiative towards this issue is imperative as a result and during the Paris accord for climate change, the nation has pledged to make change. However, rather than the initial proposal of putting a ceiling cap on the rate of emissions, China suggested it would cut the production based off each dollar of economic gain. This ideal would follow in line with the fact that it?s a developing country. In short, this factor would be cut by 60 to 65% of 2005 rates by 2030 whilst carbon dioxide emissions would reach its highest point also by that said year. Main activities would consist of expanding renewable energy usage by 20%.

As of now, the government has reported that contamination has slowed more than the previously stated statistic and that future estimates would follow the same route. Not only has environmental benefit been seen but also that of economic ones due to solar, wind, hydroelectric, and biomass industries booming. Nevertheless, some parties argue that more effort could be put in regarding its stance. With President Trump pulling the United States out of his agreement, light can be possibly shone on China to be a global leader in combating fossil fuels. Stricter policies, participation in projects, are just few ways of building this kind of an identity.

Another major agreement has taken place with the United States, focusing on innovation and technology for the same overarching topic. Being the largest economies in the world, such a partnership is definitely pertinent. For instance, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) aims to create a recycling structure to the process of extracting and put back in raw goods to the earth. Specifically, a goal is set at injecting one million tons while create approximately 1.4 million cubic meters of freshwater annually. Converting coal to gas or liquid in chemical plants before burning it for energy is another factor.

There is still a long way to go to reach many of other countries? goals but with further collaboration can come with a more sustainable future.