China's emissions 'could peak by 2025', Lord Stern says

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Paper published by Stern Review author says economic and policy trends could start to curb world's largest emitter five years early

China's greenhouse gas emissions could peak by 2025 if the world's largest polluter continues the policies and economic changes that are curbing its environmental impact, according to a new paper by noted...

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