For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas - Inside Climate News

For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas - Inside Climate News

China’s Belt and Road Initiative, long derided for its heavy carbon footprint, was dominated by wind and solar power projects for the first time from 2022 to 2023, according to a new analysis. But coal plants financed in earlier years are still coming online.By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas KusnetzChina’s overseas investments in renewable energy sources have overtaken fossil fuels for the first time since Beijing began backing foreign p…

China Turns Mountains into Solar-Powered Farmland - One Green Planet

China is transforming rural mountains into solar-powered farms, boosting clean energy and crop yields at the same time. The post China Turns Mountains into Solar-Powered Farmland appeared first on One Green Planet.

In the midst of global turbulence, a positive news for the environment. China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the largest global polluter at aggregate level, declined by 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 and 1% in the last 12 months. It is not a significant decline, for the time being, nor is it guaranteed to be sustained over time. But it is the first time that a reduction is directly linked to the increase in the capacity of ren…

On the occasion of Colombia’s historic accession to the Belt and Road Initiative, Presidents Xi Jinping and Gustavo Petro have signed cooperation plans that strengthen bilateral ties and open up prospects for development and infrastructure connectivity. A step that confirms China’s commitment to the Global South. Article published on Strategic Culture Foundation From the heart of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Wednesday 14 May, Chin…

Clean Energy Just Put China’s CO2 Emissions into Reverse for 1st Time

For the first time, the growth in China's clean power generation has caused the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth. The new analysis for Carbon Brief shows that China's emissions were down 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 and by 1% in ... [continued] The post Clean Energy Just Put China's CO2 Emissions into Reverse for 1st Time appeared first on CleanTechnica.