ADVISORY: China’s Updated NDCs and 1+N Policy System for Carbon Neutrality

China

Nov 18

Written By WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

On October 28th, 2021, three days ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), China submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the UNFCCC. In this advisory on the Changing Transport website, Sebastian Ibold (GIZ) explained China’s updated NDC, its 1+N policy system, and their implications for decarbonizing the country’s transport sector.

Read the full advisory here.

Warming Stripes for China from 1901-2020. Image by Ed Hawkins (showyourstripes.info).

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