I think one thing China shows us is the futility of it all. If they, with a command economy, cheap labour, lax environmental standards and bottomless pockets are really strugling to expand their economy in a green way, indicated by the continual construction of coal plants, can't manage to put a dent in their emissions, what chance does the rest of the wold have?
Our only real hope is geoengineering, CO2 storage and somehow getting nuclear back in the mix. Cutting emissions in any meaningful way is not going to do it.
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