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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

We are an independent research organisation focused on revealing the trends, causes, and health impacts, as well as the solutions to air pollution.

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China’s five-year plan: baby steps towards carbon neutrality

5 March 2021 by Lauri Myllyvirta

The Chinese government has today unveiled the summary of the country’s five-year plan for 2021 to 2025, amid a heavy smog in Beijing. Among other things, the plan sets a target of “basically eliminating” heavy air pollution days by 2025. As China is responsible for almost 30% of global energy sector CO2 emissions, and emissions […]

Tagged With: china, co2, Coal, emissions, energy, five-year plan, nuclear, renewable energy

China’s 2060 climate pledge: long-awaited breakthrough or sugar-coating another decade of rising emissions?

23 September 2020 by Lauri Myllyvirta

In a surprise announcement at the UN General Assembly, chairman Xi declared that China will aim to peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 – the earlier pledge was for emissions to peak “around” 2030 with no word of what would happen after. While any increase in ambition is a positive signal, the upcoming five-year plan will be a key test of what the new pledge means in practice.

Tagged With: carbon neutrality, china, climate, co2, Coal, Paris agreement

Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air | 2022
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