China+(6th)

China is the largest emitter of CO2 emissions in the world. They took the title from the USA a few years ago by releasing over 7.6 tons of CO2 per capita. But, they're trying to change that. During the Copenhagen conference in 2009, China went along with the US, India, South Africa, and Brazil. With China's ever-growing GDP and it's Trillions of dollars worth of American debt, China would hardly be harmed by a Carbon Dioxide cap. But, some of China's ways of negotiating can border on immoral. They were caught spying on the United States during a classified meeting. The GDP of China (as of January 2017) is up to $11007.72 billion and it's steadily growing. Wen Jiabao's presentation at the Copenhagen Accord was controversial by some, but welcome to a warm majority. China is a part of the five largest countries (in both GDP and CO2 emissions) that swing whether the international meetings of climate go one way or the other. Many smaller, more endangered countries have little to no say compared to the big guys. Really, the five main deciders are China, America, Russia, Brazil, and India. All of which have a very large amount of people. It's fortunate that China is on the pro-change side, because if not, they would be a very, very hard opponent to face. They've agreed to lower their CO2 emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050. But, it might be too late to stop it completely.

- Jake Chambers, 6th Period