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China's plan to ditch coal may be too slow to help climate

China's timeline to ditch coal, adopt green technology may be too slow to help climate

Aired 11/02/2021

PBS News Hour

China's plan to ditch coal may be too slow to help climate

Clip: 11/2/2021 | 8m 33sVideo has Closed Captions

China's timeline to ditch coal, adopt green technology may be too slow to help climate

World leaders from more than 100 countries are in attendance at the U.N. Climate conference in Scotland. But China's Xi Jinping, president of the globe's largest polluter, is absent from the crowd. For any efforts to succeed in fighting climate change, China must be at the forefront. Reducing China's reliance on coal is key. Nick Schifrin and special correspondent Patrick Fok report.

Aired 11/02/2021

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