Latest comments posted about Can the US match China’s efforts? on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/3323-Can-the-US-match-China-s-efforts- http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/3323-Can-the-US-match-China-s-efforts- The baselines of cutting carbon emission between China and America are different. Therefore, it seems meaningless to take a such simple comparison. At present, no single nation can challenge China's achievements in energy conservation and emissions reduction. I agree with what the author said that China could do more. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:51:57 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/3323#comment-9534 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/3323#comment-9534 I'm curious to know where the figures were obtained for the carbon debt of China (8%) and the US (29%) you cite and which historic baselines were used to generate these. These strike me as unreasonably low figures for both countries compared with numbers seen elswewhere. Kind regards, Damien Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:45:16 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/3323#comment-9529 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/3323#comment-9529 I don't think there is a win-win solution, at least not now. To reduce the emissions, there must be some sacrifices. The so-called clean energy and technology development could not bring immediate interests. Moreover, it is hard to make the Americans to change their lifestyles. One could imagine that how heavy the burden that Obama has to take. However, as Obama gave the speech in Shanghai, he is a president that preferred looking forward. We deal with the climate change and protect the environment for our future generation. Whether the leader of a power nation has such faith and ability determines if he could be remembered by others, and also determines if human beings have the chance to make contribution for their offspring. Therefore, even it is a “lose-lose” situation, do the leaders of big countries have the courage to sign on the climate change treaty? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:32:51 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/3323#comment-9521 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/3323#comment-9521