China's coal extraction and consumption peaked years ago and much sooner than anticipated. But the Silk Belt and Road Initiative – a massive foreign investments plan – seems to outsource China's emissions. Just like we in the West did, when we moved production to China. Ecological economists, FEDERICO DEMARIA and JOAN MARTINEZ ALIER report
… from 4.3 kg of resources per US dollar of GDP to 2.5. In other words, the Chinese … be US$1.4 trillion (a bit more than Spain’s GDP). The plan will also have domestic …