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Xi Commits China to Tougher Climate Targets as US Retreats [1]

['Aaron Clark']

Date: 2025-04-24

China’s President Xi Jinping committed the world’s top polluter to more stringent curbs on greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade in global climate talks that took place without the US.

The nation, which accounted for about 30% of total emissions in 2023, will set out new goals for cuts by 2035 “covering the entire scope of the economy, including all greenhouse gases,” ahead of the COP30 summit in November, Xi said Wednesday at a virtual meeting of global leaders organized by the United Nations and Brazil, according to state-run CCTV.

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