Xi is under pressure from world leaders to do more on climate. Emmanuel Macron asked him to send the world a ‘decisive signal’. Photograph: Carlos García Rawlins/Reuters
Washington Examiner: China avoids new emissions pledge in blow to hopes for climate conference
China, the world’s top emitter by far, is not offering any new commitments to reduce carbon pollution before a major United Nations climate conference starting Sunday.
China submitted a pledge, known as a Nationally Determined Contribution, to the U.N on Thursday, vowing to stop increasing its carbon emissions before 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
President Xi Jinping already announced those goals at the end of last year, but this formalizes the commitments under the Paris Climate Accords.
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