China led several countries in announcing new climate plans on Wednesday and offered a veiled rebuke of the U.S. president's anti-climate rhetoric a day earlier at the U.N. General Assembly.
Addressing a climate summit hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a live video message from Beijing that by 2035 his country would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 7% to 10% from its peak.
In addition, Xi said China planned to increase its wind and solar power capacity by six times from its 2020 levels within the next 10 years — helping to boost its share of nonfossil fuels in domestic energy consumption to over 30%.
China's reduction target marked the first time the world's biggest emitter pledged a cut in emissions, rather than just limiting their growth, though the reduction was less than many observers had expected.
Xi urged stronger climate action
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