China approved its five-year goals on Thursday (11 March), but the world’s biggest polluter shows little ambition of moving away from fossil fuels, leaving much to be decided.
Every five years, China produces its economic and social objectives. The fourteenth plan was highly anticipated as the first since it pledged to peak emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2060.
But hopes that the country, which is responsible for 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions, would set ambitious climate targets were dashed by the plan, which lays out a steady, but slow course towards net zero.
“It’s disappointing that China is placing such a large focus on continuing its reliance on coal, and oil and gas. The world is relying on its largest emitter to step up on climate change – yet we see little of such action in this plan,” said Bill Hare, chief executive at Climate Analytics, a non-profit science and policy institute.
Despite vaccination and testing debacle in Germany, federal states are reopening schools and retail
Since February 15, the downward trend in the seven-day incidence of COVID-19 infections in Germany has abruptly reversed. The average number of new infections has risen steadily since then and already exceeds 8,000 per day. The number of daily deaths from coronavirus is currently 250 and will rise sharply in coming weeks as the number of infections increases. According to a recent report by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the more contagious B.1.1.7 variant, which accounted for 6 percent of all new infections at the beginning of last month, now accounts for 46 percent.
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