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| AFP Global Edition, 2009. |
Emmanuel Guérin is quoted in this AFP article released by several publishers.
Excerpt:
"With eight percent growth, emissions will increase by 74 percent," said Emmanuel Guerin, a climate analyst at France's Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI). "China, having emitted 7.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2005, will spew out 12.6 gigatons in 2020," he told AFP by telephone from the Danish capital. "That is one gigaton too many, according to the scenario laid out by (leading climate change expert) Nicholas Stern, who put the range at 7.9-11.6 gigatons." The estimated total emissions by China is also equal to nearly 29 percent of the worldwide goal. "With a view to limiting global warming to two degrees, the world should not emit more than 44 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2020," he said.
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