"Seven in 10 experts said they expected emissions to peak by the end of the decade with 2028 chosen as the likely peak year by the greatest number of respondents, according to the survey. In 2024's survey, 44 percent of respondents said they expected emissions to peak in 2025 or earlier. The survey is conducted annually by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and the International Society for Energy Transition Studies, based in Helsinki, Finland, and Sydney, Australia, respectively."
"China's climate policies are closely watched worldwide because the country is the biggest single emitter of greenhouse gases. Beijing's climate policies are viewed as especially critical in the context of the United States's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in January by President Donald Trump. The accord, adopted by 194 countries and the European Union in 2015, calls for the rise in the average global temperature to be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels."
Seventy percent of climate experts expect China's carbon emissions to peak by the end of the decade, with 2028 the most commonly chosen peak year. Only one in five experts believe emissions have already peaked or will peak this year. Responses indicate a later expected peak than in 2024, when 44 percent anticipated a 2025 or earlier peak. Sixty-eight climate analysts from universities, government departments, and energy and sustainable development sectors were surveyed. China is the largest single emitter of greenhouse gases. China announced it would lower emissions by 7 to 10 percent from their peak by 2035, a first explicit reduction target, which experts deem insufficient though many expect China may exceed it.
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