CHINA/USA PEER REVIEW DETAILS UPCOMING COP21-RELATED FOSSIL FUEL REFORMS
October 1st, 2016
THE UNITED States and China have released detailed plans for reducing their governments’ support for fossil fuel, production and use, as they announced their ratification of the COP21 climate change deal struck in Paris last December.
These policy promises from Washington and Beijing have emerged from voluntary peer reviews chaired by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). The resulting reports include self-criticism of their past support for fossil fuels and detailed reform proposals. The Chinese report highlights nine policies ...
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