China only needs $5 carbon price to meet Paris target -report

Published 14:09 on June 29, 2017  /  Last updated at 16:17 on June 29, 2017  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, China

If China keeps its subsidies for renewables and starts supporting natural gas, it only needs a $5 carbon price to meet its goal of peaking its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a report said.
If China keeps its subsidies for renewables and starts supporting natural gas, it only needs a $5 carbon price to meet its goal of peaking its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a report said.


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