BEIJING: As climate envoys from the world's top two greenhouse gas producers meet in Beijing this week, experts say China's emissions may finally be nearing their peak.
John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, The White House speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions in Beverly Hills, California, US on May 6, 2024. BEIJING: As climate envoys from the world's top two greenhouse gas producers meet in Beijing this week, experts say China 's emissions may finally be nearing their peak.
"So much clean electricity ... is being added that China can peak its emissions right now, if those additions are maintained and if overall energy demand growth moderates," said Lauri Myllyvirta of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air .That breakneck installation saw it hit a target for wind and solar capacity in August, six years ahead of schedule.
"Whether China's emissions growth continues or turns into a decline is absolutely decisive for our ability to peak global emissions and start reducing them towards net zero," he told AFP. And coal-fired power generation is projected to grow again this year in China, albeit at the lowest rate in almost a decade, according to the International Energy Agency.
China has already seen drought hit hydropower output, something that is likely to become more frequent with climate change.
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