Kevin Rudd is a former prime minister of Australia and is the global president of the Asia Society. Thom Woodroofe is a former climate diplomat and a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
No more domestic coal-fired power plants would show that Beijing is serious

Smoke rises from a coal-fired power plant in Datong in March 2018: China only pledges to peak carbon emissions before 2030. © Imaginechina/AP
Kevin Rudd is a former prime minister of Australia and is the global president of the Asia Society. Thom Woodroofe is a former climate diplomat and a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute.