Carbon emissions from China’s energy sector stalled last year for the third year running — as coal use fell again and solar deployment nearly doubled. The newly released government figures, analyzed by Greenpeace, also suggest that emissions are on track to fall this year by around 1%. That would make it the longest stretch of stable or
China’s Transition From Coal To Renewable Is Making A Big Dent In Global CO2 Emmisions
The dramatic energy change in China has helped halt the rise of global CO2 emissions for the first time since the first climate change treaty was signed almost three decades ago.
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