China and US unveil big steps to fight climate change

The Urumqi Thermal Power Plant in western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Picture: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world have announced separate financial attacks on climate change.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will no longer fund coal-fired power plants abroad, surprising the world on climate for the second straight year at the UN General Assembly.