At the 22 September UN General Assembly, Chairman Xi pledged the PRC will reach peak carbon emissions before 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2060. Ambitious targets, they imply vast shifts in economy, energy and technology. Environment officials are wrapping up rules on a national carbon market, to be launched by year’s end. Coal-fired power remains, but construction of new plants is being reigned it.
September: green pledges
September: green pledges
September: green pledges
At the 22 September UN General Assembly, Chairman Xi pledged the PRC will reach peak carbon emissions before 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2060. Ambitious targets, they imply vast shifts in economy, energy and technology. Environment officials are wrapping up rules on a national carbon market, to be launched by year’s end. Coal-fired power remains, but construction of new plants is being reigned it.