History suggests that such a perception is an invitation to aggression, making war more likely and adding further, albeit utterly unquantifiable costs to the potential bill associated with greenhouse gas emission control regimes.

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Heightened methane emission from wetlands and permafrost has regularly been touted as a potential amplifying factor in climate change, with warmer weather stimulating their release and so producing further warming.

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Chinese companies have a great potential to export to countries like Kenya and Tanzania where the per capita incomes, operating conditions and emission standards are closer to those in China than they are to those in more developed countries.

FORBES: China and Africa