China puts most powerful agency in charge of climate policies: Report

China’s top economic planning body has been put in charge of devising a plan for the world’s biggest polluter to cut greenhouse gas emissions, indicating that climate policies are gaining a more central role in the nation’s long-term development strategy.

The country’s top officials told the National Development and Reform Commission a few months ago to lead the drafting of a nationwide roadmap to reach peak carbon emissions, according to people familiar with the matter.