For the first time ever, China is proposing to put a ceiling on greenhouse gas emissions from 2016, in a bid to curb what most scientists agree is the main cause of climate change.
China produces 25% of the world's carbon emissions and is the biggest producer of carbon dioxide in the World.
This signals a significant change in China's attitude to climate change and this positive move is likely to encourage other countries to agree to rigorous cuts to their carbon emissions. The next climate change summit is due to take place in Paris in 2015 where almost 200 countries have pledged to agree legally binding targets to reduce their emissions in a co-ordinated effort to tackle global warming.
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