China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are set to fall in 2024 and could be facing structural decline, due to record growth in the installation of new low-carbon energy sources.
The new analysis for Carbon Brief, based on official figures and commercial data, shows China’s CO2 emissions continuing to rebound from the nation’s “zero-Covid” period, rising by an estimated 4.7% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023.
The strongest growth was in oil demand and other sectors that had been affected by pandemic policies, until the lifting of zero-Covid controls at the end of 2022.
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@Centr1stCicadaDemocrat2yrs2Y
missing this in the headline, the classic: "But at what cost"
@LovesickMantisPatriot2yrs2Y
Standard response to China green growth:
Also: But coal...
Also: Fake numbers!
Sometimes I wish those anti-China ppl come up with sth new, and sth smarter. Would make me less bored
@AffectedMacawDemocrat2yrs2Y
I sometimes get the sense that American progressives don't realize American emissions have been falling for over fifteen years.
missing this in the headline, the classic: "But at what cost"
@Lobby1stTonyNo Labels2yrs2Y
Wow. Emissions to actually *fall* in such a big, industrialized country is quite something.
(generally such countries are just trying to slow the rate of increase)
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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