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Li Jing

Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli is expected to announce "new developments" in the country's efforts to tackle climate change when he addresses a UN climate summit in New York next week, according to a foreign ministry source.
Gao Feng , a senior climate negotiator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Zhang was expected to unveil the developments at a UN General Assembly session on Tuesday morning.
The summit is outside of UN negotiations for a new global pact on cutting greenhouse gases after 2020, a deal set to be agreed upon at a meeting in Paris at the end of next year.
Xie Zhenhua , deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, also said in Beijing yesterday that China would explain "some positive actions" it would take after 2020 at the forum.
Xie said Zhang would "announce China's position on a new agreement" at the summit.
Deng Liangchun , manager of WWF China's climate and energy programme, said the world would be watching whether China, which accounts for 30 per cent of global carbon emissions, would announce when its carbon emissions would peak.

"Premier Li Keqiang said at the recent Davos meeting that China is conducting research on the country's climate strategy around 2030, including when the peak will arrive," Deng said.
"This leads to a lot of speculation [whether] China will provide a clearer picture at the summit."
An ongoing study by Tsinghua University suggests China needs to make greater efforts to rein in its energy consumption and reach a carbon emission peak in 2030.
Professor Teng Fei , a leading researcher of the study and a member of the country's delegation for climate change negotiations, said if it failed to do so, China would become too dependent on imported oil and natural gas.
That would make it vulnerable to volatile energy prices and possible disruptions in supply.
The study also suggests that if existing high levels of consumption of coal and other fossil fuels continue, toxic air pollution will plague the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Yangtze River Delta regions, and the country will break its promise to bring air quality in line with safety standards by 2030.
 


China cautious on fresh commitments ahead of climate change summit

Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli will announce 'positive actions on climate change at UN conference. Photo: Xinhua

Smoke rises from the chimneys and cooling towers of an oil refinery in Ningbo in the eastern province of Zhejiang. Photo: Reuters

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Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli to announce 'new measures' to combat climate change during UN summit on global warming in New York next week, official says


Zhang Gaoli is expected to announce "new developments" in China's efforts to tackle climate change when he addresses a UN climate summit in New York next week.
