Sep 11, 2009 08:54 PM

New Research Says G8 Has Carbon Emission Deficit of 5.5 Trillion

By intern reporter Zhu Shaojun and staff reporter Li Hujun

(.com.cn) Ding Zhongli, a Chinese geophysics expert, and his colleagues argue in their paper that G8 countries have a carbon emission deficit of US$ 5.5 trillion and the number is expected to climb to US$ 6.3 trillion in 2050.

A Cumulative Methodology

The international climate change negotiation is headed towards a critical juncture with the long-awaited climate conference in Copenhagen due to be held in December. Out of those talks, a broader climate pact to supplant the Kyoto Protocol is expected to emerge. But the negotiations leading up to Copenhagen are fraught with the risk of gridlock over the relevance of historical greenhouse gas emissions.