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China coal fires in spotlight

Updated on 09 December 2007

By Lindsey Hilsum

Under the spotlight at the UN conference in Bali is China, one of the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Governments from around the world are taking part in a two-week UN conference on the Indonesian island to discuss how to reduce carbon emissions in the future.

Up to three per cent of global carbon emissions are produced by China, not by its power stations or cement factories, but by its coal fires.

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