China coal

The re-emphasis on coal is a setback to efforts to cut emissions, as it “locks China into a more high-carbon path.”

Domestic factors continue to hold back the implementation of the Chinese government's ambitious climate promises.

Trade wars on the international front and mine shutdowns at home have squeezed stocks of China’s main energy source, coal, triggering nation-wide blackouts.

Through the Belt and Road Initiative, China could help make a vital contribution toward addressing climate change.

A program to ban coal heating and switch to gas left households in the cold. What happened?

In the absence of U.S. leadership, Beijing’s policies on climate change are likely to set the global agenda.

Enforcement remains a major problem.