Newsroom Tokyo S2015E137 - China's Push for Renewables

COP21, a major UN conference on climate change, will open later this month in Paris. Its success will depend partly on China, which has in the past opposed binding CO2 emissions cuts for developing countries. But anticipation is mounting, as China has set its very first emission reduction target.

NHK World's Masashi Yamaguchi visited a remote desert in the country to find out whether that goal is achievable.