Why cities will be the main battleground in China’s quest for carbon neutrality

At the recent World Economic Forum virtual meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated the importance of scaling up efforts to address climate change. As the world’s second-largest economy and the first country to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, China has set a good example and demonstrated its responsibility. In less than three months, China announced several important commitments – it will aim for carbon emissions to peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. It will cut…

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