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China headed towards carbon neutrality by 2060; President Xi Jinping vows to halt new coal plants abroad

UN News · news.un.org

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UN News confirms China's commitment to peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, and Xi Jinping's September 2021 pledge not to build new coal-fired power projects abroad.

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- UN News confirms China's commitment to peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, and Xi Jinping's September 2021 pledge not to build new coal-fired power projects abroad.
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