Big promises, but can China be carbon neutral by 2060?
(WorldNews Environment)

Xi Jinping`s shock promise to lead the world into a safer climate future was thin on details, leaving many questions unanswered on how the world`s worst polluter will meet a 2060 carbon neutral target. China is responsible for over a quarter of the world`s greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming. But it is also the biggest global investor in renewable energy—a country whose energy policy points both ways. AFP looks at what China has achieved, what needs to be done and whether China`s post-pandemic love affair with coal will derail its climate plans. What did Xi promise? In an unexpected pledge Xi told the UN on Tuesday China would `strive to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and...