'Even assuming that China's population does not grow at all over...

'Even assuming that China's population does not grow at all over the next 30 years, that the energy efficiency of its economy increases at a faster pace than most developed and developing countries and that it manages to decarbonize its energy sources faster than pretty much anybody else, China would still be emitting a lot more carbon in 2040 than it does today.'

'To achieve a rate of economic growth per person of 5.7 percent a year - which is only about half the pace China experienced in the last 10 years - China's CO2 emissions would soar to almost 15 billion tons in 2040, up from 8 billion in 2010.'

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