Several major Chinese cities have some of the world’s highest per capita carbon footprints, the World Bank report “Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China” said. Greenhouse gas emissions in Tianjin, Shanghai and Beijing far exceed those of cities such as Paris, Tokyo, London, Barcelona and Jakarta. Industry and power generation are major contributors in Chinese cities, largely because coal dominates the nation’s energy use. Globally, most urban emissions come from transport, buildings and waste, but these three sectors only account for about 20% of China’s urban emissions. Shomik Mehindratta, a World Bank urban transport specialist and co-editor of the report, said Chinese cities have high emission levels because they are important global centers of industrial production.