EU and China to commit themselves to showing joint leadership on climate (www.ft.com)

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China and the EU are expected to publish a joint statement committing the two regions to more ambitious plans for cutting emissions ahead of the UN COP30 summit in Brazil, in an effort to galvanise action on climate amid geopolitical tensions

The EU, typically one of the most ambitious parties at COP talks, faces a backlash from member states over efforts to commit to a high level of cuts. EU governments including France and Poland have said the bloc should not agree to more stringent targets unless support for its flagging industry and households was greater.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Good, let's hope that goes beyond a joint statement.

At the moment, the EU's climate actions are insufficient while China's climate actions are highly insufficient.

Global coal investments surge - with China leading the path as the country's construction of new coal-power plants ‘reached 10-year high’ in 2024. China began building almost 100 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-power capacity and resumed 3.3GW of suspended projects in 2024, the highest level of construction in the past 10 years, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Global Energy Monitor (GEM).

By the way, today (24 July) is Earth Overshoot Day ...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

It would be fine if they would commit themselves to showing joint leadership also on human rights -a key issue closely related to climate as we know - but I somehow doubt Beijing would agree.

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