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Global climate summit: Xi Jinping clears the air on China’s peak coal-power goal



Chinese President Xi Jinping has committed China to hitting peak coal consumption by 2025 and then cutting its reliance on the fossil fuel after that.“China will strictly control coal-fired power generation projects, and strictly limit the increase in coal consumption over the 14th five-year plan period [which runs until 2025] and phase it down in the 15th five-year plan period,” Xi told the virtual leaders summit on climate on Thursday.He said China was drawing up a plan and taking strong…



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