Waste coal is unloaded near an unauthorized steel factory in Inner Mongolia, China, on Nov. 3, 2016. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cautiously welcomed Beijing’s new climate commitments, but said China must go further by halting the opening of new coal-fired power stations if it is serious about cutting emissions.
Speaking at a New York Times event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in the United States, Albanese said Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s announcement of absolute economy-wide emission cuts marked progress but fell short of what was needed.
