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Posted: Oct 28, 2021 / 11:49 PM CDT
Updated: 10/28/2021 / 11:49 PM CDT
FILE – Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday March 10, 2021. Xi is expected to join the UN climate summit with global leaders speaks in Glasgow, Scotland, via video link, the Foreign Office announced on Friday, October 29, 2021. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefebein, File)
BEIJING (AP) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak to global leaders via video link at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the State Department said on Friday.
China, the largest source of carbon dioxide and other climate-damaging industrial gases, left the world guessing what role Xi could play at the meeting that opened on Sunday. Xi has avoided traveling abroad since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020.
On Thursday, China officially presented its climate goals in which it pledged to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 and achieve “carbon neutrality” or to use forests and other measures by 2060 to absorb as much carbon as possible. how it emits.
The document contained goals previously announced by Xi, but did not set additional goals.
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