Paris-Signing China Cultivates Fossil Fuels Over Renewables As Paris-Rejecting USA’s Emissions Keep Falling
By Kenneth Richard on 29. October 2018
The Paris Paradox:
Sign the Agreement, Increase Emissions
Reject the Agreement, Reduce Emissions
China: Emissions Reduction Symbolism Over Substance
A little over a year ago, China was hailed as a country that was “stepping up†to combat climate change. After all, the country had agreed to sign on to the Paris climate accord and to emphasize renewables (wind and solar) in new power generation.
The commitment to the Paris climate accord was apparently more symbolic and rhetorical than substantive, however.
China’s fossil fuel-based energy production is currently (2018) increasing 3.5 times faster than its renewables (wind and solar) energy production as the country phases out renewable subsidies and returns to building more coal plants.
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