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‘Underwhelming’: China’s CO2 set to grow under latest Five Year Plan, analysts warn



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China is under pressure to curb its vast coal power capacity in order to decarbonise

Latest economic strategy set out by the world’s largest emitter allows for growth of both coal and renewables

China’s latest economic plan leaves wriggle-room for country to increase its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 10 per cent over the next five years, despite its recent pledge to put the country’s giant economy on track to deliver net zero emissions by 2060, analysts have warned.
The world’s biggest emitter today released a summary of its 14th Five Year Plan (FYP) covering the 2020-25 period, which had …

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