China's President Xi Jinping remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2021, at UN headquarters. The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world have announced separate financial attacks on climate change. This announcement essentially ends all public support for coal globally," said Joanna Lewis, an expert on China, energy and climate at Georgetown University. That's because China last year added as much new coal power domestically as was just potentially cancelled abroad, he said. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in New York.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 22, 2021 01:30 UTC