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China now biggest CO2 emitter: John Ashton interviews

By Chris Littlecott

These comments were further reported by ABC under the title UK ‘must set emissions control example’ to China.

Secondly, the BBC website then published a further story, also by Environment Correspondent Roger Harrabin, entitled China building more power plants.

This carried additional quotes from John Ashton:

We need to convince China that they don’t have to make a choice between prosperity and protecting the climate. We need to help them towards a low-carbon future.

There is also a moral case. Most of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been put there by developed countries without the constraint of having to worry about the climate. That means we should bear the leading edge of responsibility.”