Reference News Network, September 25 - According to AFP, September 24, after US President Trump launched a fierce attack on the scientific basis of fossil fuels causing global warming, China's commitment to reducing emissions will be the focus of the high-level meeting of the United Nations on climate change on the 24th.

It is reported that about 118 countries will develop plans to curb global warming, which is causing global disasters, although many countries continue to expand oil and gas exploration.

China has pledged to strive for carbon peaking before 2030. Due to the rapid development of solar energy and electric vehicles, China seems likely to achieve this goal ahead of schedule.

"Everyone's eyes will be on China," said Li Shuo, an expert at the Asia Society Policy Institute.

This year, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in Belem, Brazil. The United States under Trump still strongly supports fossil fuels, while the European Union is still trying to reach agreement on its plans.

Regardless, Li Shuo warned that focusing too much on numbers may obscure the fact that "China has become a superpower in green technology in the world."

The United Nations is striving to strike a balance between disaster warnings and maintaining hope. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, insisted that the Paris process is working.

"Without the United Nations' climate cooperation, our temperature rise would reach 5 degrees Celsius," he said earlier this week.

The report states that this progress is partly due to China. Ten years ago, two-thirds of China's electricity came from coal - now this number has significantly decreased. China's booming solar panel, battery, and electric vehicle exports are also reducing overseas carbon emissions.

According to Bloomberg News website on the 24th, as countries prepare for the high-stakes negotiations for COP30, Brazil hopes people recognize China's technological contributions in addressing climate change.

Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister of the Environment, said during the United Nations General Assembly series of meetings in New York that China's adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles has helped reduce the cost of these technologies and increase their feasibility, "this is a significant contribution."

Silva made these remarks against the backdrop that Brazil, hosting COP30 in the Amazon River city of Belém, is striving to get countries to commit to new climate goals.

Silva said: "Perhaps we need to consider other criteria to assess China's contributions, not only its emission reductions, but also its role as a country with over 1.4 billion people."

Silva expressed regret over President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

Another report by the New York Times on the 16th stated that currently, 74% of global solar and wind energy projects are either in China or built by Chinese companies. In the 12 months ending in June this year, the newly added solar capacity in China exceeded the total of all solar capacity in the United States from past to present.

Jesse Jenkins from Princeton University said earlier this year that China will become the "global leader in clean technology," and China's ability to provide low-cost clean energy has become an undeniable source of valuable soft power.

Another report from Bloomberg News website on the 23rd stated that China International Capital Corporation (CICC) said if China can mobilize 1.75 trillion yuan in green investment in the next five years, China's carbon emissions could decrease by 1.6 billion tons by 2030.

The institution predicted in a recent research report that China's carbon emissions are expected to peak around 2028. (Translated by Tu Qi, Qiu Fang, Hu Xue)

On September 18, workers were constructing a photovoltaic power station in the sea area of Changli County, Hebei Province. (Xinhua News Agency)

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