Xi vows China will stop building coal-fired power plants abroad | Globalism

“China will increase its support for other developing countries to favor green and low-carbon energy, and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad,” Xi said. At the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The new climate commitment came a year after Xi announced at the United Nations General Assembly that China would peak carbon emissions before 2030 and intend to become carbon neutral by 2060, a pledge he reiterated in his speech on Tuesday.

Chinese authorities have come under pressure to make more ambitious commitments ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (CoP26). But the recent trip by White House Special Climate Envoy John Kerry to China ended without any agreement between the two countries.

The Chinese leader adopted the same tone of urgency as the representatives of other countries who spoke before the General Assembly on Tuesday. For Shi, the world stands at a crossroads and is facing a set of changes not seen in a century.

Xi spoke to world leaders at the United Nations after a speech by US President Joe Biden, who announced he would double US aid so that developing countries can take action to combat global warming.

In his speech, Xi sent a series of messages to Americans, as Biden did earlier. The Chinese leader, for example, said recent events have shown that foreign military interventions to promote democracy only do harm, avoiding direct reference to the US and US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Chinese president also said the world should “reject the practice of forming small groups,” an apparent reference to the recent military agreement announced by the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom to supply the Australian government with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

“Differences and problems between countries, which are difficult to avoid, need to be addressed through dialogue and cooperation, on the basis of equality and mutual respect,” Xi said. “The world is big enough to accommodate the common development and progress of all countries.”