China has set cautious climate targets in its latest five-year plan, with projections that coal consumption will continue to be fuelled by industrial and chemical production.
Beijing set a goal to cut its so-called carbon intensity — emissions per unit of GDP — by 17 per cent by the end of the decade. That compares with an 18 per cent reduction for the five years to 2025, a goal that was missed.
This undermined climate policy advocates’ hopes that the world’s biggest emitter would “under-promise and over-deliver” on its goals.
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