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Joanna Lewis
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Professor @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social working on clean energy, climate change and China.
Sounds like he just said the 7-10% was from the peak, which is slated to be "before 2030" based on the current NDC.
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It was just delivered by President Xi at the UN climate summit in New York by video english.news.cn/20250925/326...
Xi delivers video speech to UN Climate Summit 2025
english.news.cn
September 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Question - I think he said the target was based off a 2030 peak?
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Adaptation has been neglected in past NDCs from China so it’s mention is also notable
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The target goes beyond the high-level goal to give details about how they are likely to meet the goal including by increasing the use of non-fossil energy and EVs, plus expanding the national ETS to cover high-emissions sectors (such as industry)
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We should not forget that this marks the first ever absolute, economy-wide GHG emissions target for China
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
-The signaling of “striving to do better” shows that this is a low-end goal for China, which as many like to say prefers to under promise and overdeliver on climate and energy goals.
-We should not forget that this marks the first ever absolute, economy-wide GHG emissions target for China
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
-Scale up the total forest stock volume to over 24 billion cubic meters
-Make new energy vehicles the mainstream in the sale of new vehicles
-Expand the national ETS to cover major high emissions sectors
-Establish a climate-adaptive society
September 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
me too...
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reposted by Joanna Lewis
China’s industrial policy has attracted a lot of faddish attention recently. But @jhelvy.bsky.social and @joannalewis.bsky.social have been studying for a decade-plus, long before it was clear it would work.

Was great to talk about how it’s been a fabulous failure: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
How China’s Industrial Policy Really Works
Rob and Jesse get into the nitty gritty on China’s energy policy with Joanna Lewis and John Paul Helveston.
heatmap.news
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM