In his written speech, Xi Jinping called on participants of the COP26 climate conference to take “stronger action”

The Chinese President and Russian President Vladimir Putin were clearly absent from the face-to-face meeting hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and attended by 120 global leaders.

In his statement, President Xi called on world leaders to jointly tackle climate change, and outlined three key points for how the international community should respond to challenges and revitalize the global economy.

China is currently the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, which means its absence from COP26 is of great significance.

President Xi’s keynote urges countries to:

1. Maintain multilateral consensus
2. Focus on concrete actions
3. Accelerate the green transformation

The Chinese Communist Party leader also detailed China’s efforts to deal with the adverse effects of climate change. He pointed out that “it is becoming more and more obvious” and “global action is becoming more and more urgent”.

“China will continue to put ecological protection in the first place and take the path of green and low-carbon development under the guidance of the concept of a community of human and natural life.”

President Xi further stated that the country will “cultivate” and accelerate the construction of a green, low-carbon and circular economy system.

“Promote industrial restructuring,” he added, “control the unreasonable development of high-energy-consuming and high-emission projects.”

He also pointed out in the statement that China announced to the United Nations last week the “Carbon dioxide peaking action plan by 2030”, which will reduce emissions to zero by 2060 and increase wind and solar power generation capacity to More than 1200 GW.

He said that China will also accelerate the transition to green and low-carbon energy and accelerate the development of nuclear energy-planning to organize and build large-scale wind and photovoltaic power plants.

Promulgate “specific implementation” plans for key areas such as energy, industry, construction, and transportation, as well as key areas such as coal, electricity, steel, and cement, and adopt supporting measures in terms of technology, carbon sequestration, and finance. And tax policies and fiscal incentives.”

“Combined, these measures will form a ‘1+N’ policy framework for achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, with a clear timetable, roadmap and blueprint,” said President Xi.

“The ancient Chinese believed that’the power of governing the country depends on hard work’.” I hope that all parties will take more effective actions to jointly tackle climate challenges and protect our common home. “