China urges developed countries to take the lead in cutting out coal

After dilution of Cop26 wording, China says developing nations cannot make green transition without support

As Cop26 drew to a close over the weekend, Chinese media highlighted Beijing's contribution over the last fortnight in Glasgow. The Chinese delegation took a constructive attitude, actively communicated and negotiated with all parties," said CCTV's main evening news bulletin on Sunday. [It] provided China's wisdom and China's solution ..."

But when China and India chose the last few hours of negotiations to push for the language on coal to be diluted from phase out" to phase down", both countries came under nearly immediate fire from commentators. Cop president Alok Sharma later urged both countries to explain themselves and what they did to the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world".