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In a move designed to bolster Beijing’s climate credentials, President Xi Jinping of China said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) that his country would stop building coal-burning power plants overseas, ending its support for construction projects that rely on the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel. “China will step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low carbon energy and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad,” Mr Xi said in pre-recorded remarks to the UN General Assembly. Re Xi Jinping addresses the United Nations with a pre-recorded speech. AP Within its own borders, China produces the largest share of global emissions of greenhouse gases. It is by far the biggest producer of coal domestically and the largest financier of coal-fired power plants abroad, with an enormous 40 gigawatts of coal power planned. A hint of China’s shift came earlier this year. For the first time in several years, China did not fund new coal projects as part of its global development undertaking, known as the Belt and Road Initiative, in the first six months of 2021. Chinese coal projects have faced considerable resistance in countries such as Bangladesh, Kenya and Vietnam, mainly by civil society groups. Read the full article published in the NY Times 22nd September 2021
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विश्वव्यापी रूपमा हरित गृह ग्यास उत्सर्जन कटौतीमा योगदान गर्नका लागि भन्दै चीनले आफ्नो देशको सीमाभन्दा बाहिर कोइलामा आधारित परियोजनाहरू नबनाउने बताएको छ । चिनियाँ राष्ट्रपति सी जिनपिङले संयुक्त राष्ट्र सङ्घको महासभालाई सम्बोधन गर्ने क्रममा यस्तो घोषणा गर्नुभएको हो । राष्ट्रपति सी जिनपिङले राष्ट्र सङ्घ महासभालाई भिडियोमार्फत सम्बोधन गर्दै भन्नुभयो, ‘विकासशील देशहरूलाई हरित तथा न्यून–कार्बन ऊर्जा उत्पादनका लागि सहयोग गर्न चीन अघि आउने छ । विदेशमा चीनको सहयोगमा कोइलामा आधारित परियोजना बन्ने छैनन् ।’ चीनले इन्डोनेशिया, भियतनासहितका देशमा कोइला खानीमा आधारित परियोजनाहरूमा सहयोग गर्दै आएको छ । पछिल्लो समय ‘बेल्ट एन्ड रोड इनिसिएटिभ’अन्तर्गत चीनले ठूलो लगानी गरिरहेको हो । पेरिस जलवायु सम्झौताले तय गरेको लक्ष्य पूरा गर्नका लागि उत्सर्जन कटौती गर्नुपर्नेमा चीनले कोइलामा आधारित परियोजनामा लगानी गरेको भन्दै आलोचना भइरहेका समय चीनले यो कदम अघि बढाउने बताएको हो । उज्यालो अनलाइन बाट सभार