Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop contributing to climate change by 2060 despite heavily relying on coal, one of the most carbon-intensive fossil fuels, for electricity.
The goal will be a challenge for China, which relies heavily on coal — one of the most carbon-intensive fossil fuels — for its electricity.
China released the equivalent of 10 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2018, according to the Global Carbon Project, which tracks emissions worldwide. A flooded village in eastern China's Jiangxi Province this year as heavy rains unleashed a punishing flood season.Several other major emitters have set earlier deadlines, with the EU aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050.US President Donald Trump, who once described climate change as a hoax invented by China, hasIf China fulfills Mr Xi's goal, it could prevent 0.2 to 0.
Carbon dioxide's more than 100-year lifetime in the air makes earlier emission cuts more effective than promises in the future, he said. "Emissions that don't happen between now and 2030 are going to reduce warming a lot more than the same emission reductions after 2060," Mr Sterman said.
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