" The chairman of the People’s Republic of China, announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. Here, then, is China, the world’s largest CO2 producer and leading industrial power, sometimes dubbed the “chimney of the world,” seemingly embarking on an unprecedented path of development."

On September 22, 2020, Xi Jinping, the chairman of the People’s Republic of China, announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. Here, then, is China, the world’s largest CO2 producer and leading industrial power, sometimes dubbed the “chimney of the world,” seemingly embarking on an unprecedented path of development.