China realizes world’s biggest carbon cut – equal to 630 million tonnes of coal

China reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 billion tonnes between 2006 and 2010, the biggest decrease of any country in the period, according to a new report. The country’s energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP), declined by 19.1 percent from the level of 2005, equal to saving the energy consumption of 630 million tonnes of standard coal.

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