China Softens Tone on Climate Ambition Amid Power Shortages
- Politburo urges easing top-down enforcement of emission goals
- Policy makers want coordinated approach to pollution measures
Smoke and exhaust rise from a large industrial complex in Liuzhou, China.
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China’s top policy makers urged an easing of the aggressive measures taken to reduce carbon emissions as Beijing balances economic health with its climate goals.
The strict, top-down enforcement of China’s emission reduction goals is seen hampering the country’s efforts to stimulate slowing economic growth. The Communist Party’s Politburo urged a coordinated, orderly approach to reach carbon neutrality, according to a report published by the official Xinhua News Agency after a meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping.