The New Silk Road: Fossil Fuel Eldorado?
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The New Silk Road project must be examined from the perspective of the COP21 Treaty. What the countries from Turkey to China along the Old Silk Road need is decarbonisation.
GDP sources:
World Bank national accounts data - data.worldbank.org
OECD National Accounts data files
World Bank Data Indicators;
UNDP Human Development Index
GHG and energy sources:
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