CGTN: China vows new measures as world leaders gather to fight climate change
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --As the 2015 Paris climate accord welcomes its fifth anniversary, more than 70 world leaders addressed a one-day virtual climate summit aiming to rally momentum and call for much greater climate action and ambition.
- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --As the 2015 Paris climate accord welcomes its fifth anniversary, more than 70 world leaders addressed a one-day virtual climate summit aiming to rally momentum and call for much greater climate action and ambition.
- Surprising the world by announcing a goal to become carbon neutral by 2060in September, China on Saturday announced more new measures to fight climate change and stressed the important role of "solidarity, cooperation and confidence."
- In meeting the climate challenge, no one can be aloof and unilateralism will get us nowhere, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed during the summit.
- As the largest developing country and the second-largest economy in the world, China is striving to coordinate economic growth and environmental protection and committed to the global fight against climate change.