China's green drive could squeeze out coal before 2020

Will Nichols
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Research paper by Lord Stern suggests China may start to reduce coal consumption from 2016 - a huge fillip for a global climate deal

China, as the world's largest emitter, will without doubt have a huge bearing on the future direction of global climate change efforts. Any deal agreed at next year's Paris climate summit will have to...

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