South Korean media: China's carbon dioxide emissions have not increased for 18 consecutive months!
On December 7, South Korean media "JoongAng Ilbo" published an article stating that an analysis found China's carbon dioxide emissions have stopped growing and have remained stable over the past one and a half years.
An analysis by the Finnish non-governmental organization Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) shows that China's carbon dioxide emissions in the third quarter of this year were flat compared to the same period last year.
Since March last year, China's carbon dioxide emissions have been stagnant or declining, a trend that has lasted 18 months until the third quarter of this year.
Specifically, despite a year-on-year increase in demand in the power industry, carbon dioxide emissions remained stable.
This is mainly attributed to a 46% year-on-year increase in solar power generation and an 11% year-on-year increase in wind power generation in the third quarter of this year. From January to September this year, China added 24 gigawatts of new solar power capacity and 6.1 gigawatts of new wind power capacity.
In addition, due to the promotion of electric vehicles, carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector decreased by 5%. It is expected that China's total carbon dioxide emissions will decrease this year.
CREA pointed out that although the emissions in the fourth quarter still need to be monitored, if the summer electricity demand increases and emissions reach a peak, China's annual carbon dioxide emissions may decrease.
CREA explained that if this trend continues, China's goal of peaking greenhouse gas emissions and gradually decreasing them by 2030 is expected to be achieved.
China has set a target to reduce its carbon intensity by 65% compared to 2005 levels by 2030. CREA said that to achieve this goal, even greater reductions in carbon dioxide emissions are needed.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1850814743737434/
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