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This Is How Top Polluter China Plans to Be Greener by 2025
- Beijing calls for 18% reduction in carbon intensity by 2025
- Plan for peak emissions by 2030 to be produced this year
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China’s journey toward carbon neutrality took its first major step Friday as the country announced goals to slow emissions in the next five years.
The country plans to reduce carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 18% through 2025, and energy use per unit of GDP by 13.5%, Premier Li Keqiang said Friday at the opening of the National People’s Congress. It also plans to boost non-fossil fuels to 20% of energy use by then, and will create an action plan this year to detail how it aims to reach peak emissions by 2030.