China offers few new climate targets ahead of UN conference

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China is offering no significant new goals for reducing climate-changing emissions ahead of the UN climate summit set to start next week in Glasgow.

China, the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that cause global warming, formally submitted its goals Thursday. The highly-anticipated announcement includes targets previously established in speeches by Chinese President Xi Jinping and domestic policy documents.

"It's not surprising, but it is disappointing that there wasn't anything new" in terms of goals, said Joanna Lewis, an expert in China, climate and energy at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Nations participating in the UN climate conference, known as the 26th Conference of Parties, or COP26, submit what are called "nationally determined contributions" that lay out emissions reduction plans.

 

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China and India have built their economies bases on polluting the environment big time. Dirty Coal is king.

Shocker

All those virtue signalling companies who say they wont invest in fossil fuels, fair play. I assume this means they will not invest in the CCP

It’s ok Canada and the rest of the world will do it. Time past to get ourselves off the Made in China train.

That's ok. Canada's carbon tax will make it all better.

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