China wants to limit the use of fossil fuels to less than 20% by 2060, according to a plan that includes several objectives to achieve carbon neutrality, published this Sunday by the official Xinhua news agency.
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to start reducing polluting emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality 30 years later, as indicated.
The document, published a week before the COP26 world climate summit begins, also includes the goal that, by 2030, 25% of the total energy consumed will come from non-fossil sources.
By 2030, CO2 emissions produced per unit of GDP should have fallen by more than 65% compared to 2005 levels. In addition, wind generators should reach an installed capacity of more than 1,200 million KW, according to the press agency .
In April, Xi Jinping stated that the country would strictly control its coal-fired power plant projects and that it would progressively reduce the consumption of that raw material, a highly polluting energy source responsible for 60% of electricity production.
In September, before the UN General Assembly, the Chinese president also pledged to stop building coal plants abroad.
However, amid a severe electricity shortage caused by the rise in the price of coal, on which the country is heavily dependent, China is increasing its coal production by 6%.
Earlier in the week, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) indicated that 53 mines had been authorized last month, in order to increase production capacity by 220 million tonnes a year.
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