"I don't think China would like to play a leadership role, said Wang, the vice-chair of China's expert panel on climate change. The most important thing is how to maintain momentum. Now we have two possible directions: one, we go forward with clearer, more ambitious targets. The other may be going back. So that's why China would like to do our best to steer in this kind of direction towards low-carbon or green transition, but in cooperation with other countries. We don't want to take the lead alone. We need comprehensive leadership."
"In an exclusive interview, Wang said theChinese president, Xi Jinping, was committed to the energy transition for the long haul despite resistance from some industrial sectors."
"He said China wanted to speed up and scale up its efforts to provide more global public goods despite serious geopolitical and economic tensions and unilateral barriers to trade, including tariffs."
China is committed to the energy transition needed to avert climate breakdown but prefers not to lead alone without U.S. participation. China will provide more funding to vulnerable countries while facing criticism from the EU over insufficient emission reductions. President Xi Jinping remains committed to the transition despite resistance from some industrial sectors. China aims to support a successful COP30 in Belem and to demonstrate benefits of multilateral decision-making. China seeks to speed up and scale up provision of global public goods despite geopolitical tensions, trade barriers and tariffs. Emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]