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Experts say country’s watering down of fossil fuel pledge reflected its lack of choices It was a dramatic 11th-hour decision, portrayed as a devastating blow to the success of Cop26.After pressure exerted by India and China, the wording of the final de…
Read MoreNarendra Modi’s Cop26 promise has proved divisive but many observers say only western help can ensure its successRead all our Cop coverage hereIt was the headline-grabbing announcement of the first day of Cop26: India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, p…
Read MoreDespite pushing ahead with dozens of new coal power plants, China has a new plan to increase wind and solar power in its march towards carbon neutralityChina is targeting a clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to below 20% by 2060, according t…
Read MoreThose who helped fuel China’s growth fear for livelihoods, while power shortages create transition dilemma for Xi JinpingWhen he was a little boy in the 1980s, Wang Xiaojun was taught to be proud of his home town of Lüliang in the north-western Chinese…
Read MoreAnalysis: while the short-term consequences are grim, veteran analysts talk of a wobble rather than a fallChina’s decision to build more coal plants is a setback for climate action, but analysts say it could still meet its long-term emission reduction …
Read MoreRecord high prices and shortages of electricity have crippled industrial outputChinese officials ordered more than 70 mines in Inner Mongolia to ramp up coal production by almost 100m tonnes, with the country battling its worst power crunch and coal sh…
Read MoreThe world’s top coal consumer implements power rationing as supplies dwindle ahead of winter China has told railway companies and local authorities to expedite vital coal supplies to utilities as the world’s second largest economy grapples with extensi…
Read MoreChina was lender of last resort for overseas governments seeking finance for coal projectsXi Jinping’s announcement that China will stop funding overseas coal projects could buy the world about three more months in the race to keep global heating to a …
Read MoreChina was lender of last resort for overseas governments seeking finance for coal projectsXi Jinping’s announcement that China will stop funding overseas coal projects could buy the world about three more months in the race to keep global heating to a …
Read MoreXi Jinping’s promise reflects growing awareness of the climate crisis in China and falling renewable pricesThe pledge by China’s president, Xi Jinping, on Tuesday to cease building new coal-fired power projects outside the country will be welcome news …
Read MoreExperts welcome Xi Jinping’s announcement at UN as hugely influential, but concerns remain over domestic emissionsPresident Xi Jinping has announced that China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, using his address at the United Nations…
Read MoreChina, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam plan to build more than 600 coal power unitsFive Asian countries are jeopardising global climate ambitions by investing in 80% of the world’s planned new coal plants, according to a report.Carbon Tracker, a fi…
Read MoreOwners of Queensland’s controversial Carmichael mine say plant will use 3.1m tonnes of coal a year to make PVCThe owners of the controversial Carmichael mine in Queensland want to build a US$4bn plant in India that would use Australian coal to make pla…
Read MoreMove towards renewables to hit net zero by 2060 would also pay off with saving of $1.6tn, analysis findsChina must shut down nearly 600 of its coal-fired power plants in the next 10 years, replacing them with renewable electricity generation, to meet i…
Read MoreEnergy watchdog’s Fatih Birol says shift away from coal in key regions needs to be made a global priorityDependency on coal in key parts of the world is preventing a global green recovery from taking off, and the shift away from coal needs to be made a…
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