Chinese leader Xi Jinping says China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, using his address at the United Nations General Assembly to add to pledges to deal with climate change.
A coal-fired power station in Tongling, China, in 2019. China, the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter, is still heavily reliant on coal for its domestic energy needs.In a measured speech, Xi made no direct mention of China's often bitter rivalry with the United States, where the Biden administration has made policies on climate change mitigation a top priority and sought to cooperate with Beijing.
and return the United States to the Paris agreement, the goal of which is to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels.
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