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The article focuses on the effectiveness of carbon offsetting in protecting the environment against green house gas emissions. Offsetting is being increasingly accepted by the businesses and the money collected is used to buy credits in the emission market and this money will be invested on renewable energy technology sources in developing countries. The article also presents that reduction of energy consumption along with voluntary measures can result in effective carbon offsetting.

In this article, the author mentions that China should upgrade its climate policy from reducing carbon intensity to setting a long-term cap on total emissions. Topics discussed include carbon dioxide mitigation, plans of the U.S. to cut carbon pollution from power plants and carbon emissions in China. It mentions that China should delink the relation between economic growth and emissions.