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Source: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

With 4.7 billion metric tons, China's CO₂ emissions have reached the level of Europe and will soon surpass the total emission amount of the United States of America..

China's per capita CO₂ emissions are still relatively low. But the country's rapid economic development and short-sighted infrastructure policy, which is favoring private cars and seriously neglecting public mass transport, will fairly soon make China the largest CO₂ emitter worldwide.

China's urban agglomerations are already suffocating under the massive increase of road traffic. Beijing, for instance, is building one high-way ring after the other - instead of massively expanding mass transportation, such as the subway network. Beijing's current subway network is far shorter than that of major Western capitals, such as London or New York.

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