Nation not 'major reason' for rebound in emissions

China will not become the "major reason" leading to a global rebound of carbon emissions in the future, if any, as many indictors show that China has moved away from relying on smokestack industries, according to China's top climate envoy.

"Carbon emissions do fluctuate, but a single indicator cannot reflect the whole picture," Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate envoy, said during the United Nations Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany.

His comment came after a report by the Global Carbon Project released during the ongoing UN Climate Conference which claimed that China's rising carbon emissions would be one of the major factors contributing to a rise in carbon emissions of 2 percent by the end of 2017, after remaining flat for three years.