Shanghai pledges CO2 peak around 2025

Published 09:19 on March 9, 2017  /  Last updated at 15:28 on March 9, 2017  / Kathy Chen /  Asia Pacific, China

China’s financial centre Shanghai, eager to keep its local emissions trading scheme alive beyond this year, has vowed to peak its CO2 output around 2025 and eventually decarbonise its industry by investing in green technologies, the municipal government said.
China’s financial centre Shanghai, eager to keep its local emissions trading scheme alive beyond this year, has vowed to peak its CO2 output around 2025 and eventually decarbonise its industry by investing in green technologies, the municipal government said.


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