China’s new climate plan falls short of Cop26 global heating goal, experts say
by Fiona Harvey, Jonathan Watts and Vincent Ni from Environment | The Guardian on (#5R8FF)
World's biggest carbon emitter makes little advance on targets set out in 2015 in announcement days before vital UN talks
China has published its long-awaited national plan on greenhouse gas emissions, just days before the opening of the Cop26 UN climate summit.
However, the plan revealed on Thursday represents little progress on the previously announced ambitions of the world's biggest carbon emitter, disappointing observers of the vital climate talks.
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