The rise of renewable energy puts China on track to end its CO₂ emissions growth
https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-08-10/the-rise-of-renewable-energy-puts-china-on-track-to-end-its-co-emissions-growth.html
The rise of renewable energy puts China on track to end its CO₂ emissions growth
https://english.elpais.com/climate/2024-08-10/the-rise-of-renewable-energy-puts-china-on-track-to-end-its-co-emissions-growth.html
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**The advance of solar and wind power has displaced coal as the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases**
In the mid-2000s, China became the country that emits the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Since then, the gap with the United States and the European Union — historically the main culprits behind global warming — has been widening, as the Asian giant grows economically.
As of 2024, China is currently responsible for around 30% of all global emissions.
The commitment that this world power has made within the Paris Agreement to combat climate change is that, by 2030, its annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) — the main gas that overheats the planet — will reach a ceiling.
But several groups of international analysts point to the possibility that this peak has already been reached thanks, mainly, to the massive rise of renewable energies in China.
Just shows how ecconomicaly viable renewable energy is, I doubt China really cares about lowering CO2 that much.
Probably being less dependent of other countries for energy is of higher value. Another part of renewable energy that isn’t spoken about but there would be alot of country’s that this would be a big bennifit for.
Remote island country’s ect that already struggle won’t have to sell what little they have for USD to buy energy.
That in it’s self I think is one of the biggest pushes against renewables, the sale of oil and gas props up the USD and maintains the world order and wealth.
It decentralises the energy market and power that comes with it.
As I ramble on …. How much war and blood shed has there been over oil. It’s easy to talk about the “negatives” of renewables but nothing is said about the negatives of fossil fuel. Imagine if we made this switch decades ago and money for weapons and war wasn’t funneled into the east.
How many countries have been pushed into poverty or been extorted for there resources just so they can have energy.
I know countries could of gone renewable sooner but with the big players dragging thier feet to up the scale on renewables it has taken to long to be as ecconomicaly feasible ( economy of scale for manufacturing )
I say good on China for making a big shift and bringing cheap renewables to the market. As much as they are the scape goat for green washing they seem to be leading the push. The time frame they have achieved this is astounding as well.