We\u0027re told that we must lead by example, sacrificing our prosperity, even though our virtue\u002Dsignalling is having little resonance in Beijing
Meanwhile, although, like Trudeau, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been talking a good game about climate change in recent years, his country approvedin the first quarter of the year than in did in all of 2021. In 2016, China’s Communists instituted a five-year plan to reduce the country’s dependence on coal and bring more green energy online.
In 2021, when manufacturing was ramped up as global COVID lockdowns began to ease, the government capped the price of electricity, leading to large-scale blackouts. This, coupled with soaring natural gas prices caused by the war in Ukraine, has led China to significantly increase its reliance on coal.Article content
Last year, over 90 gigawatts of new coal generation was approved, up from 18.5 in 2021. So far this year, nearly 20.5 gigawatts has been authorized, compared to 8.5 over the same period last year. To meet this demand, in 2022, the government reopened a number of previously closed coal mines and approved 260-million tonnes of new. In the first two months of 2023, the country’s coal output rose 5.8 per cent compared to a year ago, with further increases to come.
It has always been the case that solving global warming through CO2 reductions can only be achieved if the world’s largest emitters are on board. China has a history of feigning interest in the cause at international summits, while positioning itself to corner the market in green technologies, such as solar panels and rare earth minerals, produced using cheap coal power, which is a major source of emissions.
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