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Shanghai pledges slower CO2 growth, coal consumption cuts

Published 10:44 on June 5, 2018  /  Last updated at 11:21 on June 5, 2018  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, China

The Shanghai municipal government has set an absolute limit on CO2 emission growth for 2018 and reduced its annual coal consumption cap, while vowing to get local industry ready for the national emissions trading scheme.
The Shanghai municipal government has set an absolute limit on CO2 emission growth for 2018 and reduced its annual coal consumption cap, while vowing to get local industry ready for the national emissions trading scheme.


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