China's UN climate pledges "expected :State media

BEIJING:

China is expected to  unveil its long -awaited
national pledges to reduce  carbon emissions
beyond 2020,state run newspaper said Monday
as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visit Belgium
 and France ahead of a Paris climate summit.

The world's number one emitter has yet to put
forward its intended nationally determined
contribution (INDC) as the pledges are called
by the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC)'

Speculation has mounted that the -announcement
will be made during Li's visit this week to Belgium
and France ,where  December 's climate talks will
be held,

Beijing 's ambassador to the EU Yang Yanyi
told the China daily that a China EU joint
statement on climate change was under discussion
as Li prepared to attend the 17th China EU
summit in Brussels ,

"It is expected that China will also unveil
its long awaited national contribution to
combating climate change "the newspaper
said without giving details,

All countries are meant to propose their
targets for cutting emission ahead of the UN
led's talk which are aimed at forging a pact
to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius
(3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) are over industrial
revolution levels ,to take effect from 2020.

At a summit between Chinese President Xi
Jinping and his US counterpart Barak Obama
in November Beijing committed for the first
time to limiting its green house gas output --
setting a target date of about 2030 for its
emission to  peak
AFP