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China's new 2035 climate target at UN deemed 'very bad'

EUobserver · last updated

Over 45 heads of state attended a pre-climate summit in New York on Wednesday (24 September), with China and the European Union represented, but not the United States.

China’s president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joined the summit by video and pledged to cut China’s net greenhouse gas emissions by up to 10 percent from peak levels by 2035 and to boost wind and so…

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