Environmental scepticism of China's ability to meet the Paris climate pledge

Patricia Adams - 'It's business
 as usual for China'.

A Canadian environmentalist, who has been involved in the Chinese environmental movement for decades, believes China ratifying the Paris Climate Accord is purely for show.

Patricia Adams, an economist and executive director of Probe International, argues China has made no commitment other than to cap its emissions in 2030.

"Essentially, what they are saying is it's business as usual," she said.

"At the moment, 90 per cent of China's energy, transport and some industrial processes is produced with fossil fuels; coal, oil and gas

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