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Quick Take: China’s new emission targets are good – but not that good

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On May 29, the State Council released carbon reduction targets for high-emission industries.

While this is a positive step toward realizing China’s net zero goals, the emission targets aren’t ambitious enough to realize the environmental aims laid out in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) – which...