Matthews Asia: Three questions for China and its role for climate change

China was at the centre of both criticism and the search for solutions during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) that ended yesterday in Scotland. The People’s Republic is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Kathlyn Collins, Head of ESG at Asia specialist Matthews Asia, examines in a recent Question and Answer why China’s role in climate change is so important and what the world’s most populous country has already achieved in terms of climate protection.