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While roughly 100 countries have been making commitments to lower fossil fuel emissions at the United Nations climate summit in New York, one nation’s pledge matters most.
In a video statement yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that the world’s largest carbon-polluting country — responsible for over 31% of global CO2 emissions — would aim to reduce its emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035, as reported by the Associated Press.
This is China’s first-ever commitment to an absolute emissions reduction target.
From a global perspective, China’s commitment is pivotal. The country produced a massive 11.9 billion tonnes of carbon emissions at the last count in 2023, per data from the Global Carbon Budget — more than the next five top carbon-polluting nations combined.
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