Xi outlines China's climate goals

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that the world should stay focused on delivering the climate goals despite the US opposition as he announced his country’s new target to cut emissions by 7-10% by 2035.

- PTI

In a video address to the UN Climate Summit in New York, Xi said China will increase the share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to over 30%, expand installed capacity of wind and solar power to over six times the 2020 levels, scale up the total forest stock volume to over 24 billion cubic metres and make new energy vehicles the mainstream in the sales of new vehicles.

Xi’s comments followed US President Trump's address to the UNGA two days ago, during which he decried climate change, calling it the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”, and refuted the use of renewable energy.