What can China bring to the climate change summit table?
- EU and US reportedly pressuring China to make its climate targets more aggressive, bringing the peak emissions target date forward
- China’s ambitions include hitting peak emissions and increasing non-fossil fuel energy share to around 25 per cent by 2030
On the eve of the US-led Leaders Summit on Climate, we take a look at China’s climate ambitions and what the West’s expectations are. This series by the South China Morning Post looks at what we can expect from Thursday’s meeting.
Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday that China hoped the summit would give fresh impetus to the global fight against climate change.
“We hope that this summit can provide a platform conducive to the global response to the climate change challenge, effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and promotion of global climate governance and exchanges,” Wang said.
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US, China put aside differences for pledge to work together on climate change
In particular, the two sides agreed to work together and aim for more substantial results at the year-end United Nations climate summit (COP26) to be held in Glasgow.
