China's post-pandemic economic stimulus puts 2020 climate pledges at risk
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China may struggle to meet its climate pledges this year as it turns to heavy industry and carbon-intensive projects to shore up its coronavirus-stricken economy, government researchers and analysts say.China pledged to cut "carbon intensity" – the amount of CO2 emissions it produces per unit of GDP - by 40%-45% from 2005-2020 as part of the global climate change pact it signed in Paris in 2015. The world's biggest greenhouse gas producing country had been on course to..