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China Launches World's Largest Carbon Trading Market

Published December 20, 2017 at 12:40 PM EST
A woman wearing a protective pollution mask walks on a street in Beijing on March 20, 2017. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman wearing a protective pollution mask walks on a street in Beijing on March 20, 2017. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)

China, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, has launched the world’s largest carbon trading market. The move places the country as an unlikely global leader in the fight against climate change.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with NPR’s Rob Schmitz (@rob_schmitz) in Shanghai.

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