China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases submitted an updated set of contributions to the U.N. climate body that were widely seen as offering nothing new compared with earlier pledges from its leader.
"China's limited level of ambition together with insufficient pledges and policies from a number of other major countries - such as the U.S., India and Australia - likely means that the COP will not deliver major victories," said Danny Marks, an assistant professor of environmental politics at Ireland's Dublin City University.
Nick Mabey, chief executive of E3G, a London-based think-tank, said China's plan was "disappointing and a missed opportunity" because the Asian powerhouse has not committed to cut its emissions this decade despite worsening climate impacts.
China’s president, Xi Jinping, in a written statement to the Cop26 climate conference fails to make any new significant pledges. Climate experts were hoping for new pledges to cap energy consumption and an earlier start to reducing the use of coal, currently scheduled to begin in 2026
Climate analysts said the latest arrangement could indicate that the world’s biggest CO2 producer “has already decided that it has no more concessions to offer at the UN Cop26 climate summit in Scotland after three major pledges since last year.”
Qin Yan, a lead analyst at Refinitiv financial analysis, said the choice of written statement was “also to show China’s top leadership cares about UN climate talks, but it is not its top priority”.
Xi Jinping makes no major climate pledges in written Cop26 address | Cop26 | The Guardian
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