President Xi Jinping’s announcement in September that China will cut its carbon emissions to zero by 2060 was as welcome as it was surprising.
It signalled a clear intention that the country would take on the mantle of leading the world into the clean energy era, just as the US was vacating the position.
The pledge was greeted with praise by world leaders. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called it an “important step in our global fight against climate change”, while the UN saw it as progress “for . . . the world”.
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