Vox
May 27, 2025 at 08:37 PM
China is the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter, spewing more than double the amount of heat-trapping chemicals as the next biggest climate polluter, the US. For decades, China’s emissions soared ever higher as its economy grew, burning extraordinary volumes of coal, oil, and natural gas to light up cities, power factories, and fuel cars.
But now, for the first time, there’s been a shift: China’s greenhouse gas emissions have actually fallen even as energy demand went up.
It’s not a massive shift, but the fact that the curve has bent at all is a major development for the global effort against climate change. Learn more: https://voxdotcom.visitlink.me/VHAfjW
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