Chinese President Xi Jinping, who did not attend COP26 in person, said in a written speech to the summit that the country “will control the irrational development of energy-intensive, high-emission projects” but failed to make climate commitments.
According to a translation published by the state-run Xinhua news agency, Xi Jinping said: “We will promote a green, low-carbon and circular economic system at a faster pace, we will proceed with the adjustment of the industrial structure and we will control the irrational development of industrial projects. intense use of energy and high emission”.
China – currently the world’s largest carbon emitter – will “launch specific implementation plans for key areas” such as energy, industrial transport, coal, electricity, iron and steel and cement, according to Xinhua, “as well as support measures in terms of science and technology, carbon sink, fiscal and tax and financial incentives”.
China announced last week that it plans to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to less than 20% by 2060. It also said its carbon emissions will peak before 2030.
In September, Xi Jinping promised that China would not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad. However, the following month, he ordered his country to “produce as much coal as possible” amid an ongoing energy crisis.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
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