BEIJING: China emitted 13 billion metric tons of climate-warming greenhouse gases in 2021, up 4.3 per cent from a year earlier, it said in its latest official submission to the United Nations, published by state media on Friday (Jan 10).
Smoke billows from a chimney as workers leave a factory in rural Gaoyi county, known for its ceramics production, near Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China , on Dec 7, 2017. BEIJING: China emitted 13 billion metric tons of climate-warming greenhouse gas es in 2021, up 4.3 per cent from a year earlier, it said in its latest official submission to the United Nations, published by state media on Friday .
As a signatory to the Paris Agreement, China is now obliged to submit detailed emissions numbers every two years, as well as progress reports on climate change adaptation and mitigation. Among the major sectors, emissions from cement production stood at 802 million tons of CO2 in 2021, down 3.2 per cent on the year as a result of declining clinker production. Emissions from steel smelting also fell 2.3 per cent to 65.5 million tons.
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