‘Remarkable Coincidence’: Canada, West Aiming for Net-Zero by 2050 as Beijing Pursues World Dominance by 2049

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault speaks at the China pavilion during the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Montreal on Dec. 14, 2022. Lars Hagberg/AFP via Getty Images

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For some observers, Canada’s and other Western countries’ steps toward net-zero emissions by 2050 and the impacts on their economies and way of life have one main beneficiary—the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—which its leader Xi Jinping has said is aiming for dominance in “national strength and international influence” within the same timeline, 2049.