Foreign firms ‘created 25% of emissions’ from companies in China over 20 years

Carbon emissions generated by foreign firms accounted for about a quarter of the total from all companies in China in the two decades from 1997, according to a new study.
It also found that foreign companies produced more than half of their total carbon emissions in China’s less-developed inland areas in the 15 years up to 2012. Yet these regions were not seeing as much economic benefit from foreign investment as the coastal areas.
“The eastern coastal region gained more economic benefits, while…