Despite mounting pressure from developed nations, the Chinese government has refused to set a timeline for carbon emission reduction targets, saying Western nations need to take the lead.

China’s official negotiator for climate change, Su Wei, said last Friday the country’s carbon dioxide emissions could peak at 2050.

China is the world's biggest national emitter of greenhouse gases, overtaking the United States in 2008,

Environmental NGOs in China say Beijing government’s significant investment in renewable energy will not be enough to tackle the global climate change problem.

2SER’s Biwa Kwan reports.