China's population policy slows global warming

China's family planning policy has helped slow the pace of global warming, providing an additional measure in tackling climate change. The Vice minister of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission, Zhao Baige, made the remarks on the sidelines of the Copenhagen conference on Wednesday.

Zhao Baige says China has managed to bring down its birth rate after family planning policies were first introduced 30 years ago. She says limiting excessive population growth has resulted in less carbon dioxide emissions.

The world's most populous country introduced its family planning policy, widely known as the one-child policy, in the 1970s, to curb excessive increases in population.

After the policy took effect, population growth has slowed down considerably.

Official figures show that China's birth rate fell from around 1.8 percent in 1978, to about 1.2 percent in 2007. The policy has resulted in four-hundred million fewer cumulative births.

China's family planning policy has helped slow the pace of global warming,  providing an additional measure in tackling climate change. The Vice  minister of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission,  Zhao Baige, made the remarks on the sidelines of the Copenhagen conference  on Wednesday.