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Tracing China’s climate change journey from denial to decarbonisation

China is expected to join a climate change summit of global leaders on Thursday. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Earth Day’s virtual summit of world leaders could be an opportunity to establish Beijing’s green credentials.


China’s carbon neutral goal: can it really kick its coal addiction to achieve its 2060 target?

Coal has powered China’s breakneck economic growth over the past four decades, but it also presents one of the biggest challenges to its climate ambitions. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Despite China’s climate ambitions, energy security and economic stability will drive the use of coal in the world’s second largest economy for decades to come, experts say.


What can China bring to the climate change summit table?

The EU and US are reportedly pressuring China to make its climate targets more aggressive. Illustration: Brian Wang

China and the US, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate to tackle climate change ahead of the Leaders Summit on Climate. Photo: EPA-EFE

EU and US reportedly pressuring China to make its climate targets more aggressive, bringing the date for peak emissions forward to 2025 from 2030.


Global leaders hosted by US President Joe Biden will meet at a virtual summit on April 22, 2021 to discuss ways to tackle climate change. In this series, the South China Morning Post looks into how attitudes have changed among China’s leadership, challenges faced by the world’s largest polluter, and what we can expect from the meeting.


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