China Walks Back COP26 Carbon Emission Pledges
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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Breitbart; Senior CCP officials have indicated China’s 2030 CO2 pledges are goals to strive towards, rather than targets they would ensure were achieved. They also emphasised that more developed nations should shoulder most of the burden of reducing global emissions.
Caution on carbon as ‘China realises key role of coal’ in energy mix
Targets come with no guarantees and should not affect development, former officials sayAwareness has grown of just how difficult it will be for the country to make the shift away from the fossil fuel, analysts say
Echo Xie
Published: 9:15am, 13 Dec, 2021
Serving and former Chinese senior officials have urged caution on the path towards carbon neutrality, echoing the leadership’s assessment that climate targets “can’t be achieved in just one battle
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