China reaffirms 2030 climate commitments: State Council

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Premier Li Keqiang reaffirmed the government's commitment to achieve peak carbon emissions by "around 2030",

the State Council said in a statement issued late on Friday.

The statement contained no new commitments ahead of crucial climate talks scheduled to take place in Paris at the end of the year.

Li, at a meeting of the State Council's National Leading Group on Climate Change, also said it would impose a "tough limit" on the expansion of heavily polluting and energy-intensive industries.

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