BEIJING/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Chinese officials have told the European Union the country will produce a new national plan to tackle climate change in the autumn, the European Commission's green chief Teresa Ribera said on Monday.
China and the EU each missed a February deadline to submit new national climate change targets to the United Nations, which set out how much a country will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 - and will be used to assess global progress towards averting disastrous levels of warming.
Speaking to reporters after talks with Chinese officials in Beijing, Ribera said both sides were working on their targets, known as nationally determined contributions, ahead of the U.N. COP30 climate summit in November.
"They have committed to an NDC that is comprehensive in terms of the whole economy being under the scope, taking into consideration all greenhouse gases," said Teresa Ribera, who oversees the EU's climate policies.
Reuters