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Reflection: China's Response to Climate Change

by Yalin Xin

China will fulfill its NDC goals, basically, by 2030, peaking its emissions of carbon dioxide by 2030; lowering the carbon emissions by 65 percent compared with 2005 levels; raising the share of non-fossil fuels in its primary energy consumption to 25%; and increasing wind and solar power capacity to over 1,200 gigawatts), commit itself to working with all parties to promote the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Paris Agreement, and promote the building of a global community with a shared future.

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