China To Unveil Bold New Climate Plan At G8 - Without Any Committments To Reduce GHGs, Of Course

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BEIJING - China will next week release its long-awaited national strategy for addressing climate change but there are no plans for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, officials said. The strategy brings together a range of existing energy and environment goals under one umbrella, such as goals for reducing energy consumption as well as expanding forest cover and nature reserves, they said.

Storing carbon dioxide and methane, two of the main greenhouse gases responsible for global warming, will also be included in the action plan, the officials told a news briefing ahead of next week’s G8 summit in Germany.

But they also confirmed that China would not agree at the summit to any binding curbs on emissions of greenhouse gases, a key item on the agenda.

None of the details divulged on Tuesday are new measures, and the plan is unlikely to include any significant new policies, said Yang Ailun, Greenpeace’s global warming campaigner for China.

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