Energy & Science
China Targets More Than 80% Non-Fossil Energy Use by 2060
- Beijing releases part of its guidelines for reaching net-zero
- Document keeps climate targets for 2025 and 2030 unchanged
Floating solar farm in China
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China aims to have non-fossil energy consumption exceed 80% of its total mix by 2060, when the world’s second-biggest economy plans to be carbon neutral, according to guidelines published by the official Xinhua News Agency.
The measures are part of China’s larger plan for achieving peak carbon emissions and reaching net-zero by 2060, Xinhua said on Sunday. It reiterated the government’s climate goals for 2025 and 2030 and vowed to accelerate a decline in China’s coal use.