Beijing Unlikely to Live up to Carbon Neutrality Pledge, Experts Say

Beijing Unlikely to Live up to Carbon Neutrality Pledge, Experts Say
A coal fired power plant in Hanchuan, Hubei Province, China, on Nov. 11, 2021. Getty Images
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Fifteen months ago, China publicly pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. However, analysts say the country’s ruling communist regime will unlikely fulfill such a commitment, based on its industry signs and its record of breaking international agreements.

On Sept. 22, 2020, Chinese leader Xi Jinping addressed via video link the United Nations General Assembly in New York, promising that his country would go carbon neutral within 40 years.

Frank Yue is a Canada-based journalist for The Epoch Times who covers China-related news. He also holds an M.A. in English language and literature from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China.
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