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BEIJING – China is formulating a national plan to tackle climate change, and plans to boost its use of renewable energy to reduce its reliance on coal, state economic planner the National Development and Reform Commission said on Thursday (April 22). It will spell out specific goals and pathways that major industries and areas have to meet for China to attain its goal of peaking carbon emissions before 2030, said the NDRC’s deputy secretary-general Su Wei. Mr Su was among a panel of Chinese officials speaking at a late-night press briefing following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at the US...
