China reiterates existing climate pledge in brief statement
The extensive and terrifying report issued by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change doesn't seem to have had much of an effect on China's climate change mitigation strategy, signals the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in a brief statement.
"China has insisted on prioritizing sustainable, green and low-carbon development," a ministry spokesperson tells news agency Agence France-Presse in a statement.
The media release discloses no new information about China introducing further measures.
China is the largest carbon emitter and accounts for more than a quarter of global emissions, according to international statistics resource Statista.
Beijing has set an objective to cut national emissions by 2030 at the latest, targeting net CO2 neutrality from 2060.
The IPCC report published Monday projects a grim future of, among other things, extreme heat and major flooding.
This has prompted many heads of state and government to urge extra climate change mitigation efforts.
According to the IPCC, the average global temperature is expected to have to risen to at least 1.5 degrees Celsius within the coming 20 years, relative to the level prior to 1900.
Such heating will make complying with the Paris Climate Accord from 2015 difficult.
At the time, almost 200 countries participated in the Summit held in the French capital, agreeing to limit the average global temperature increase to below 2 degrees – preferably under 1.5 degrees – before the end of this century.
Flooding events at several locations around the world have recently shifted even more attention to the consequences of climate change.
China has also been affected by extreme precipitation.
Monday, more than 80,000 people were evacuated from the southwestern province of Sichuan due to heavy downpour and flooding.
English Edit: Daniel Frank Christensen
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