Un rapport officiel chinois estime que les températures pourraient s'élever de 3,3° d'ici 2050, ce qui aurait des conséquences catastrophiques pour le pays. La chine serait alors confrontée à d'importantes pénuries d'eau et verrait compromise la poursuite de son expansion. Ce sont de bonnes raisons qui commencent à convaincre certains milieux chinois d'intégrer davantage des critères de responsabilité dans leur économie pour s'assurer que leur développement soit durable. Personne dans le monde ne peut aujourd'hui échapper à cette réflexion.

The Chinese Thermometer

By Philippe Vasseur, Friday 12 janvier 2007 at 15:34

In the world debate on global warming, China claims that if it has not taken any measures towards limiting CO2 emission, it is because this is low when brought back to the number of its inhabitants. It does not, for all that, remain indifferent to the question. It cannot indeed ignore the effects of its strong economic growth on its environment. But its concerns go well beyond that. An official Chinese report states that temperatures could rise by 3.3° by 2050, which would have disastrous consequences for the country. China would then be faced with serious shortages of water and would see any further expansion endangered. These are good reasons that are beginning to convince some Chinese circles to include more criteria of responsibility in their economy to ensure their development is sustainable. Today, nobody in the world can escape this reasoning.