China will promise to 'do more' to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new pledges to be delivered to the United Nations before the end of this year, Xie Zhenhua, the country's top climate change advisor, said on Tuesday.
SHANGHAI - China will promise to “do more” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new pledges to be delivered to the United Nations before the end of this year, Xie Zhenhua, the country’s top climate change advisor, said on Tuesday.
“China is definitely going to launch a very powerful low-carbon development target,” Xie said through an interpreter. As part of the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, countries are encouraged to update their contributions to fighting climate change by the end of 2020, and to enhance their ambition if they are able to do so.
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