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Posted on February 27, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
China is pivotal in climate change leadership, praised by COP30 President for its solar panel initiatives and global impact.
By Liz Lee
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has a very important role to play in tackling climate change and others may look to the Asian country for additional leadership in the field, COP30 President-Designate Andre Aranha Correa do Lago said on Thursday.
Asked about China’s potential role as the United States steps back from climate change efforts, Correa do Lago said China has been playing a big part in providing solutions for a significant number of years.
"We have to work harder with China because China has been able to give some fantastic answers to the fight against climate change," he told reporters in an online news briefing held by the Oxford Climate Journalism Network.
Since taking office last month, President Donald Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, clawed back American global climate finance and severed international climate partnerships.
Trump has also pulled the U.S. out of key U.N. climate change assessments, Reuters reported last week.
Correa do Lago, who is due to lead the COP30 annual global climate summit in Brazil in November, also praised China's solar panel push. The world's largest solar panel producer has ratcheted up production capacity after years of subsidies, keeping global prices low.
"They are doing their own thing, and their own thing is benefiting the rest of the world. Reducing the prices of solar panels is one of the most fantastic policies to expand renewable energy in developing countries," he said.
(Reporting by Liz Lee, additional reporting by Shi Bu; Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Hugh Lawson)
China is seen as having a very important role in tackling climate change, with others looking to the country for additional leadership.
The U.S. has stepped back from climate change efforts, including withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and key U.N. assessments.
China has been praised for its solar panel production, which has significantly reduced prices and expanded renewable energy access in developing countries.
The COP30 President-Designate, Correa do Lago, has expressed that China has provided fantastic solutions in the fight against climate change.
China's push in solar panel production is considered one of the most effective policies to enhance renewable energy availability globally.
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