Official data showed that during the 2021-2025 period, wind power and photovoltaic products China exported helped reduce around 4.1 billion tons of carbon emissions in other countries.

　　"This is really helping the global transformation to a healthier and greener planet. Genuinely, China can play a major catalytic role in the green transformation," she said, noting that solar power requires relatively modest investment and is accessible to households, helping accelerate the shift to clean energy.

　　Citing her home country as an example, Urge-Vorsatz said Hungary "has achieved a sixfold increase in photovoltaic power in just five years, which was really enabled by this revolution that China has catalyzed."

　　She said China is advancing green technologies across sectors, from wind and solar power to battery storage, electric vehicles and net-zero or energy-plus buildings.

　　"China is a very important player in the global climate scene," the scholar said, adding that the country"s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) demonstrates its advantages in long-term planning and in charting a scientifically sound path toward carbon neutrality.

　　As a major global player, China"s efforts to fulfill its green commitments could also encourage other countries to join the effort, she noted.

　　China"s strong technical engineering expertise, manufacturing capacities, comprehensive supply chains and abundant resources put it in a unique position to accelerate the green transformation of industries, Urge-Vorsatz said.

　　Despite the challenges the world faces to reduce carbon emissions, "real results will come when nations cooperate, trust each other and work together, just like at this conference," she added.