Xi Keeps Focus on Emissions as China Seeks Energy Security
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China’s President Xi Jinping called for greater efforts to curb carbon dioxide emissions, a signal the biggest polluter won’t backslide on climate targets even as it turns to fossil fuels for energy security
There needs to be better regulation of energy consumption and a gradual shift toward “dual control” — typically the setting of specific targets — for both the total volume and intensity of carbon emissions, Xi said Tuesday at a meeting on deepening reforms, according to a transcript from Xinhua.