COP Chief: 'China could replace the US and lead the climate debate'
After Trump's inauguration, the United States announced it would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a global treaty aimed at curbing global warming.
247 - The president of COP-30, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, stated that China will lead the negotiations. According to the official, Beijing has contributed to combating the climate crisis, mainly with technological solutions. After the inauguration of Donald Trump (Republican Party), the far-right US president, the United States announced that it will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a global treaty to curb global warming. Brazil will host the UN Climate Summit (COP-30), which will be held in November in Belém (PA).
“The reduction in the cost of a solar panel, for example, thanks to China, is an extraordinary element of international cooperation. It has become cheaper for Africa to adopt solar energy thanks to China,” said Corrêa in an interview with [publication name]. newspaper The State of S.Paulo.
The president of COP-30 assessed that the Chinese are "anticipating several of their climate goals by several years, that is, advancing faster than we imagine."
China was responsible for two-thirds of the new coal-fired power plants in operation worldwide in 2023. The country has a proposal for emissions neutrality by 2060, but before that, it predicts that air pollution will peak in 2030. Analysts emphasize that the climate crisis is happening more rapidly compared to the speed at which the measures announced by the Asian country to curb global warming are taking effect.
