Vox
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2021-03-05
China aims to be carbon neutral by 2060. Its new 5-year plan won’t cut it.
The plan could allow for emissions to keep growing through 2025.
The Guardian
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2021-03-05
China's five year plan could push emissions higher unless action is taken
Target is in line with previous trends and could lead to greenhouse gas emissions continuing to rise
The Guardian
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2021-03-04
China's five-year plan for economy is crucial to meeting net zero by 2060
Imminent economic blueprint has implications for planet – and whether Paris agreement likely to be met
Bloomberg
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2021-03-06
China’s Top Leaders Leave Tough Climate Decisions to Bureaucrats
The nation’s five-year plan did little to bring it closer to President Xi Jinping’s goal of reaching net zero by 2060.
Bloomberg
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2021-03-05
This Is How Top Polluter China Plans to Be Greener by 2025
China’s journey toward carbon neutrality took its first major step Friday as the country announced goals to slow emissions in the next five years.
NYPost
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2021-03-04
US-China tensions threaten global climate change efforts
WASHINGTON — The world’s hopes for curbing climate change hinge on action by two giant nations whose relations are deteriorating: China and the United States. The two countries both say they are in…
Bloomberg
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2021-03-05
China’s New Green Target Still Means Pumping Too Much Pollution
China’s first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world’s biggest polluter from hastening global warming.
The BBC
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2021-03-04
Climate change: Will China take a 'great leap' to a greener economy?
A new five-year plan may signal a switch from fossil fuels, but economic worries could limit change.
AP
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2021-03-05
China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change
BEIJING (AP) — China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, announced generally moderate new energy and climate targets on Friday that give little sign that it will step up its pace in...