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EU climate chief vows to push China on 'disappointing' climate target, says Beijing’s stance risks derailing Paris Agreement targets (www.euractiv.com)
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EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra plans to push Beijing to go beyond its pledge – unveiled by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7-10% from peak levels by 2035, a target far below what NGOs and analysts hoped for.

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“This level of ambition [by China] is clearly disappointing, and given China’s immense footprint, it makes reaching the world’s climate goals significantly more challenging,” the climate commissioner said on Thursday morning.

“We will continue to push China (and others) to go beyond the current level of ambition, and respect our joint commitments under the Paris Agreement,” he said.

Analysts shared Hoekstra’s disappointment.

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“With the EU and others still struggling to row forward, China could be hoisting its sails and leading the way,” said Kate Logan, director of the China Climate Hub at the Asia Society Policy Institute. Instead, the “underwhelming” 7-10% target represented a missed opportunity to deliver real leadership, she said.

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This assessment echoed comments by Belinda Schäpe, a China policy analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, who spoke immediately after Xi’s announcement.

The 7-10% emission cut was “far below what would be required to align with the Paris Agreement targets,” Schäpe said, arguing that the required CO2 reduction would have been around 30%, compared to 2024 levels.

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[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How's Europe doing in their climate targets then?

Here's something I found quickly, not looking too good: https://climateactiontracker.org/blog/eu-missing-in-action/

https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/eu-warns-countries-are-off-track-for-2030-climate-goal/

[–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Climate Action Tracker is a good tool. Here you can compare the EU and China.

Doesn't look good for the globe ...

[–] Szewek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

And you don't even want to look at the USA, the world's second-biggest emitter (China, USA, India, EU, Russia (probably EU level by now) and so it goes... But historically you get US, EU, China, Russia, UK, etc.)

Current: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions#Cumulative_fossil_CO2_emissions_1970-2023_vs._fossil_CO2_emissions_2023 Historical (the graph on top still shows EU with the UK, but you can look at the table in the interactive graph below, and you have EU 27 there): https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2

Nevertheless, the way ahead matters, even if all don't meet the 1.5C target. <3C (EU), <4C (China), or 4C+ make huge difference. The historical data should be rather a warning of what happens if we do not help developing countries kick-off more sustainably, and with less fossils, from the start. And less of an allowance to pollute more on the way ahead.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 9 points 6 days ago

That's why I don't like people not wanting us to lead in this area. How are we going to tell others to make more progress, if we're not even doing so great ourselves?