China reaffirms 2030 climate commitments
China's Premier Li Keqiang reaffirmed the government's commitment to achieve peak carbon emissions by "around 2030", the State Council said in a statement issued late on Friday.
The statement contained no new commitments ahead of crucial climate talks scheduled to take place in Paris at the end of the year.
Li, at a meeting of the State Council's National Leading Group on Climate Change, also said it would impose a "tough limit" on the expansion of heavily polluting and energy-intensive industries.
China's coal consumption decreased for the first time in years in 2014, leading some to speculate that its carbon emissions could peak sooner than many had expected.
As the country's energy-intensive heavy industrial sector has suffered over the past two years, electricity production responsible for the bulk of coal consumption in China has also lagged.
The statement contained no new commitments ahead of crucial climate talks scheduled to take place in Paris at the end of the year.
Li, at a meeting of the State Council's National Leading Group on Climate Change, also said it would impose a "tough limit" on the expansion of heavily polluting and energy-intensive industries.
China's coal consumption decreased for the first time in years in 2014, leading some to speculate that its carbon emissions could peak sooner than many had expected.
As the country's energy-intensive heavy industrial sector has suffered over the past two years, electricity production responsible for the bulk of coal consumption in China has also lagged.
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First Published: Jun 13 2015 | 9:12 PM IST