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LONDON - Despite the continued increase in global carbon emissions（碳排放） in China, the growth rate of carbon emissions has been "in a steady decrease" since 2005, and was near zero in 2014, according to a new climate report released （发布）Monday.

The report, commissioned （执笔）by Britain's Foreign Office, was written by experts （专家）from Britain, China, the U. S. and India. It gives a detailed assessment（评估） of the progress （进步）made in reducing （减少）carbon emissions, and various （各种）threats posed （带来）by global warming.

Several factors（因素） have played key roles in bringing down the carbon growth rate in China, including better energy efficiency （效率）in major sectors（行业）, development of renewable （再生）energy, and concern （关注）for air pollution（污染）, the report said.

By the end of 2014, China's energy intensity （密集度）had decreased by about 30 percent from the 2005 level, and "the national average efficiency of all power plants（电厂） is now rising to among the best in the world," according to the report.

Meanwhile, China is now leading（领先） the world in investing （投资）in renewable energy, contributing （贡献）a quarter of the world total, the report also said. Taking solar （太阳）power as an example, experts predicted（预测） that China is likely to overtake （超过）Germany to become the largest developer（开发商） of solar power in the world by the end of 2015.

Another noticeable（值得关注） factor is that China's concern for air pollution has helped to "set a cap （上线）for coal consumption （煤耗）in key regions, which will eventually （最终）extend （扩展）to the whole country," according to the report.

The Chinese government is fully aware of （充分意识到）the challenges, and is very keen （迫切）to have a detailed analysis （分析）of the impact （影响）of climate change, said Prof. David King, the leading author of the report and Britain's climate change envoy（谈判代表）.

China has recently announced （宣布）its plans to cut carbon dioxide （二氧化碳）emission per unit of GDP by 60 to 65 percent from the 2005 level by 2030.

Last year, China signed （签署）a bilateral （双边）agreement on climate change and clean energy cooperation（合作） with the U. S., promising （承诺）to achieve （实现）the peaking （封顶）of carbon emissions around 2030, make best efforts to peak early, and increase the share （份额）of non-fossil （非化石）fuels （燃料）in primary （主要）energy consumption to around 20 percent by 2030.

If these goals are achieved, it opens the possibility （可能性）that economies of scale will bring down the cost of non-fossil technologies, enabling （使…能够）them to become more widely used in the rest of the developing world, the report said.