China: Needs $322B/Yr to Fight Pollution, Planted the Most Carbon-Storing Trees

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China needs 2 trillion yuan annually to combat pollution (about $322 billion) every year for the next five years if it wants to counter the impact of pollution on the environment. The startling number is three percent of China’s total GDP.

Who has planted the most carbon-storing trees? China’s ‘Green Great Wall’ takes the prize. Improving energy efficiency, piloting emissions trading and ramping up renewable energy expansion, China has also been moving on another frontier needed to help ease global warming.

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