SCIO briefing on China's policies and actions for addressing climate change
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Reuters:
China has promised the highest possible ambition when advising on its climate change commitments next year. Will China be making tough measures? Will it bring forward its aim to peak CO2 emissions by around 2030? China still has at least 100-gigawatt coal fire capacity under construction. Will China make any plans to restrict the number of new coal-fired plants?
Zhao Yingming:
In 2015, China submitted the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations (UN) with a number of goals to be achieved by 2030. Those goals were confirmed through meticulous deliberations and considered along with China's recent development and actual situation. As I mentioned, these goals won't be achieved without strenuous effort. Those goals have been fixed to demonstrate that China is responsible as a major country in the world, and also reflected the country's current stage of development and actual situation. As the biggest developing country in the world, China has worked hard to address climate change even though there are challenges in many fields, such as economic development, improvement of people's livelihood, poverty alleviation and the prevention and control of pollution. Whatever the case may be, we will put in our greatest effort to fulfill our commitments.
According to the Paris Agreement, under the principles of common but differentiated responsibilities, equity and respective capacities in the light of different national circumstances, China will submit and announce its NDCs to cope with changes in works related to climate change. It will also announce its policies and measures to prepare for the implementation of NDCs. By doing so, we hope that our country can contribute to global efforts to tackle climate change. Thank you.
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