CHINA/CARBON NEUTRALITY – Assessing China’s Prospects for Carbon Neutrality (Xu Han, Sebastian Lewis, Shaun Roache, Project-Syndicate)

China’s aim to become carbon neutral by 2060 is a global game-changer, and neatly dovetails with the goal of rebalancing its economy toward consumption. A new analysis suggests that lifting the country’s consumption share to the level of advanced economies could help to reduce its emissions by more than 30% over the next two decades.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-rebalancing-toward-consumption-helps-carbon-neutrality-by-xu-han-et-al-2020-12