Earth Protect Blog

CHINA OFFERS FEW

NEW CLIMATE

TARGETS BEFORE

U.N. CONFERENCE

China is offering no significant new goals for reducing climatechanging emissions before the U.N. climate summit set to start next week in Glasgow, Scotland.

China, the world’s top emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that cause global warming, formally submitted its goals Thursday. The highly anticipated announcement includes targets previously established in speeches by President Xi Jinping and domestic policy documents.

China says it aims to reach peak emissions of carbon dioxide — which is produced mainly through burning coal, oil and natural gas for transportation, electric power and manufacturing — “before 2030.”