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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Ken Moritsugu

China, world's top carbon pollutor, likely to overdeliver on climate goals. Will that be enough?

Climate COP30 Chinas Goals - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

China is likely to overdeliver on the modest goals the government has set to cut carbon pollution, experts say. The question is whether that will be enough to help the world curb warming?

That's important ahead of the annual United Nations climate conference, known as COP30, which is being hosted in Brazil and gets underway this week. China's 2035 goals, a 35-page document submitted Monday, adds detail to the broad targets announced by leader Xi Jinping in late September.

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