Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Chinese emissions are estimated to grow 'one billion tonnes' or 'five times our electricity emissions' per year 'just based on their natural growth'.
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Chinese emissions are estimated to grow "one billion tonnes" or "five times our electricity emissions" per year "just based on their natural growth".
Mr Clennell said Prime Minister Scott Morrison was being "overly optimistic" when he suggested China produced the same emissions in nine days as Australia did in a year. "It'd be more like five or six days," he said. Mr Clennell said China was responsible for 30 per cent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions while Australia was responsible for just 1.2 per cent.
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