China’s Climate Focus is Shifting from Carbon Cuts to Green Tech Dominance
Beijing’s next Five-Year Plan will make climate diplomacy look more like trade diplomacy.
China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu speaks at an event held at the China Pavillion, during COP30 in Belém, Brazil, November 10, 2025. Credit: UN Climate Change via Flickr
China’s climate policy is undergoing a subtle but consequential shift — one that will be confirmed in the coming days, when Beijing unveils its 15th Five-Year Plan at the annual meeting of the national legislature.
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Xi Jinping pledged carbon neutrality by 2060 during a speech delivered via video at the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, September 22, 2020. Credit: CCTV
For the past decade, China framed its climate strategy aroun
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