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The Place of Emerging Economies and China’s Practice in Global Climate Change

carbon emissions; carbon productivity; economic development; emerging economies; developed economies

To address global climate change challenge, it needs collaborative efforts of all countries in the world no matter developed economies or emerging economies. In this paper, the comparative analysis of carbon emissions was made between BRICS - Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa as representative of emerging economies and G7 - United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada as representative of developed economies. It described current situation of emerging economic countries in global climate change through perspective of carbon productivity. Furthermore, it expounded the practice of China as a developing power which has responsibility in response to climate change. In the end, it pointed out that characteristics of development stage cannot be separated in coping with global climate chance. Emerging economic countries should take an active part in international carbon emissions reduction activity, but cannot be beyond the development stage and break the development law.