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September 25, 2025

China's Leader Makes Landmark Pledge to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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China's President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that his country plans to
reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 7% to 10% over the next
decade. His landmark pledge, in a video address Wednesday to the U.N.
General Assembly, came a day after President Trump called climate change
"the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world."

President Xi Jinping: "Green and low-carbon transition is the trend of
our time. While some country is acting against it, the international
community should stay focused on the right direction, remain unwavering
in confidence, unremitting in actions and unrelenting in intensity."



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