Due to China's commitment to stop the rising greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the world's second-largest economy recently pledged to increase the share of non-fossil fuels as part of its primary energy consumption. The pledge came after the nation declared war against pollution.

Despite being the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, China submitted a carbon-curbing plan on Tuesday, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which is set to kick off in Paris late this year. According to the document, the East Asian nation plans to increase its installed capacity of wind power to 200 gigawatts (GW) and solar power to around 100 GW, China Digital Times has learned.

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In addition, China pledged to increase its usage of natural gas, which is expected to comprise more than 10 percent of its primary energy consumption by 2020. China.org also revealed that the Chinese government will reduce its coal consumption by developing the efficiency of newly-established coal-fired power plants.

In spite of the fact that coal remained China's main power, which accounts for about 66 percent of China's primary energy consumption and 35 percent higher than the world average, the country has been assertively investing in low-carbon energy development. China attempts to switch its power grid to cleaner energy sources. As a result, installation of new hydropower, the wind and solar electricity generation capacity intensified.

Meanwhile, as China vowed to prevent its economy from relying on fossil fuels and to try to bring the rise in its carbon emissions to an earlier end, the Chinese government offered its goals as building blocks for a new international agreement on defying global warming.

As China's increasing emissions, which is twice the amount released by the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon polluter U.S., pose significant threats to the irreversible effects of global climate change, the nation showed remarkable effort to respond and embody its comprehensive participation in global governance with regards to pollution, New York Times noted.

To help reduce carbon emissions, China also sworn to further increase its financial support and expand a carbon emission trading system nationwide from an initial outline that ran in seven cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

China's latest proposals, however, will be closely scrutinized by lawmakers in other capitals, especially in Washington, where the nation largely emerges in political debates over climate change. And while several analysts were inspired that China had declared its resolve to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, some experts said the proposed steps failed to show what the country is capable to achieve.

Tagssolar power, wind power, Carbon emissions, Greenhouse gases