China lays out concrete vision addressing global climate concern

 
At the UN Climate Summit 2025 on Wednesday, China unveiled its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to promote global climate governance further and push for green development, demonstrating the country's commitment to multilateralism and support for the United Nations.

This marks the first time that China has adopted an absolute emissions reduction target that covers economy-wide emissions from all greenhouse gases. Importantly, China promotes more equitable climate governance, recognizing the developmental needs and capabilities of different countries. The country actively supports developing countries through technology transfers, financial aid, and capacity building to help them adapt and thrive sustainably.

"Green and low-carbon transition is the trend of the time," Chinese President Xi Jinping said while announcing China's 2035 NDCs via video at the summit. He urged the international community to stay the course, remain unwavering in confidence, be persistent in actions and relentless in intensity and push for the formulation and delivery of NDCs, with a view to providing more positive energy to the cooperation on global climate governance.

China pledges to cut economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by 7 percent to 10 percent from peak levels by 2035, striving to do better, and increase the share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to over 30 percent.

The country will increase its wind and solar power capacity to over six times the 2020 levels, aiming to reach 3,600 gigawatts, and will also increase the total forest stock volume to over 24 billion cubic meters. China's confidence in its commitments comes from solid progress in green and low-carbon development. Since China announced in 2020 its plan to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, it has been steadily advancing its "dual carbon" goals.

Official statistics suggest that the share of non-fossil energy consumption in China's overall energy consumption increased from 15.9 percent in 2020 to 19.8 percent in 2024. Installed wind and solar capacity, along with its forest stock volume, have already met the 2030 targets ahead of schedule.

These new contributions highlight China's influence in leading the worldwide green transition. As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, the imperative to adapt and improve global governance has never been clearer. China has laid out a concrete vision for a more equitable and effective global governance system, embodying China's commitment as a responsible major power to promote sustainable development.

As the international community navigates unprecedented challenges, China's solution offers an inclusive framework for building a resilient, sustainable, and equitable global governance architecture, advancing the goal of a community with a shared future for humanity which lays out a more concrete vision.