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Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time (www.carbonbrief.org)
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The latest data, for the first quarter of 2025, shows that China’s CO2 emissions have now been stable or falling for more than a year, as shown in the figure below.

However, with emissions remaining just 1% below the recent peak, it remains possible that they could jump once again to a new record high.

Outside of the power sector, emissions increased 3.5%, with the largest rises in the use of coal in the metals and chemicals industries.

Sector-by-sector analysis suggests that, in addition to the power sector, emissions have likely also peaked in the building materials and steel sectors, as well as oil products consumption.

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

How reliable is the data?

I don't think there's much doubt that China is going to be a world leader in renewables, but I'm reluctant to believe this type of claim.