Beijing: China, the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gases, has achieved the pollution reduction targets for major pollutants six months ahead of schedule, Chinese government has claimed as President Xi Jinping left for Paris to attend the UN conference on climate change.
China is the top polluter after the US in greenhouse gases. China and the US reached an agreement last year totake ambitious action to limit greenhouse gases.
Environment minister Chen Jinping said that China has attained the pollution reduction targets for major pollutants outlined in its 12th Five-Year Plan, six months ahead of schedule.
China today issued the highest smog alert of the year for capital Beijing, upgrading it from yellow to orange after the readings of deadly PM2.5 reached about 17 times the recommended level in some parts of the city.
The municipal weather centre said humidity and lack of wind would mean the smog will linger for another two days.
