BEIJING: China plans to reduce its carbon intensity, or carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product, by 17% during its current five-year plan, according to official documents released on Thursday, an acceleration from the period from 2020 to 2025.
China’s new five-year plan, released on Thursday, called for replacing 30 million tonnes per year of coal with renewables and pushing to reach peak coal, but did not put further limits on coal consumption. During the five-year plan that ended last year, China reduced its carbon intensity by 12%.
In 2026, it plans to cut its carbon intensity by around 3.8%, according to a report from China’s top state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). China has said it expects that its carbon emissions will peak before 2030.