China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060


China has been criticised for pushing ahead with opening dozens of new coal power plants. - Reuters

BEIJING (AFP): China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 per cent by 2060, according to an official plan published by state media on Sunday (Oct 24).

The cabinet document follows a pledge by President Xi Jinping to wean the world's biggest polluter off coal, with a target of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality 30 years later.

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