A man tends vegetable rows while a coal-fired power station emits smoke behind him.
A man tends to a vegetable patch in the shadow of a coal-fired power station in the city of Tongling, eastern China. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
A man tends to a vegetable patch in the shadow of a coal-fired power station in the city of Tongling, eastern China. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
China rules out hosting Cop33 climate summit in 2028

Decision disappoints experts hoping for world’s biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis

China has ruled out hosting the Cop33 UN climate summit in 2028 after months of deliberations, leaving the field open for other Asian countries to hold it, the Guardian understands.