China blows top and lashes out at UK over climate goals: ‘We don’t need help!’

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With pressure from the international community mounting, the world’s biggest polluter has vowed to slash its planet-warming carbon emissions by 2030. Xie Zhenhua, China’s special envoy on climate, said on Tuesday the nation is additionally aiming to hit net zero emissions but will do so in its own time frame. As world leaders prepare to attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next month, countries like the UK and US have committed to reaching net zero targets by no later than 2050.

China, however, has said it has implemented measures to hit net zero by no later than 2060.

Earlier this year it was revealed China is emitting more greenhouse gasses than the entire developed world combined.

According to research by the Rhodium Group, China accounted for about 27 percent of the global greenhouse output.

Scientists have, consequently, warned any real efforts to stop global warming demand proactive measures from China.

However, Beijing has so far appeared unwilling to cooperate with international partners and President Xi Jinping is expected to miss COP26.

Mr Xie has now told a press conference outside pressure will not force China to adjust its roadmap towards net zero.

The climate envoy was asked whether the UK’s newly announced net zero strategy would influence Beijing’s internal policies.

He said: “We don’t need action taken by the UK to encourage us.

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“Besides that, China has set up a very clear roadmap together with clear timeframe policy measures and actual visible actions to support its double targets.

“All these actions are well designed and visible to ensure we can achieve our goals before 2030 even.”

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, the world came together to keep global warming “well below” 2C above pre-industrial levels and, if possible, to aim for 1.5C.

But scientists have warned in recent months the world is not on track to meet either target.

UK’s climate envoy and COP26 president Alok Sharma travelled to China early in September to put more pressure on the Communist regime.

The visit followed a disastrous trip by the US’s John Kerry, who travelled some 15,000 miles only to be met with a video conference call from his Chinese counterpart.

Also speaking at the conference on Tuesday, China’s Minister of ecology and environment, Zhao Yingmin, also took a swipe at the UK’s.

When challenged by Sky News, Mr Zhao appeared to question the UK’s target of cutting carbon emissions by 68 percent by 2030 on the way to reaching net zero by 2050.

He said: “China… always honours its words by real deeds so that we can even come better than what we already promised.”

He added: “We simply hope that all developed countries can do the same by honouring words with actual actions.”

According to the Minister, China will “make its best efforts” to meet its target climates considering the enormity of the task ahead and admitted China’s large share of the global greenhouse emissions.

He said: “This is the best possible effort we can make, given the current development stage and the capacity of China.”

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