Analysis: Climate failure: an apocalyptic era

Analysis: China’s power system needs climate proofing

Air conditioning units in Shenyang, Liaoning province. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy. By Kostantsa Rangelova and Yang Muyi Rising use of air con calls for more energy storage, electricity pricing reform and sturdier grid infrastructure, write two experts from think-tank Ember. What needs to change The northern summer of 2024 didn’t just break records. It shattered the illusions held by climate sceptics.  As thermometers in Beijing hovered nea…

Analysis: Climate failure: an apocalyptic era

AT PRESENT, the warnings of a scientifically predictable catastrophic future for our planet are failing either to unite humanity or to rekindle hope. One Conference of the Parties (COP) after another has come and gone, and the brighter hopes of th...