China’s emissions of greenhouse gases have more than tripled over the last three decades and now, for the first time, exceed those of all developed countries combined, according to new research released Thursday.
China contributed 27% of global emissions in 2019, far exceeding the United States, the second-highest emitter at 11%, followed by India (6.6%), and the European Union (6.4%), the Rhodium Group found.
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In 2019, China’s emissions reached 14,093 million metric tons of carbon equivalent, a more than tripling of 1990 levels, and a 25% increase over the past decade.
That level of emissions is greater than the amount combined from all members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as well as 27 EU member states, which emitted 14,057 million metric tons of carbon equivalent in 2019.
China’s emissions were less than one-quarter of developed country emissions in 1990. But now, whether the country takes action this decade to reduce emissions, chiefly by getting off coal, is crucial to whether the world meets international climate goals.
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Despite China’s huge emissions growth, the U.S., which industrialized before China, has contributed the most cumulative emissions of any country.
