China

China

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🧍‍♂🧍‍♀️ 1,439,320,000 🏭 Annual emissions 10,064.70 mt CO2 Asia

China's Climate Change Impact

Positive

  • 🎉 Pledge net zero by 2060 (draft proposal)
  • 🚗 Ban ICE (diesel and petrol) vehicles by 2040
  • 🌞 Uses solar power (3%)
  • 🍃 Uses wind power (5%)
  • 🌊 Uses hydro power (17%)
  • 🌅 Other renewables power (~1%)

Negative

  • ⚖️ Net zero pledge still not in law
  • 😠 Electricity from renewable sources too low (27%)
  • 🤬 Electricity from fossil fuels too high (67.35%)
  • 🤮 62% of electricity still from coal
  • 🛢 Electricity from oil (2%)
  • ⛽ Electricity from natural gas (3%)
  • ☢️ Uses nuclear power (4%)
  • 😴 Net zero happens to late!
  • 💤 Banning ICE vehicles happens to late!

Percentages rounded from 2019 data.

📈 China is rank 38 out of 195 countries for Climate Change.

How would you rate China's Environmental Impact?

Is the China part of the IEA (International Energy Agency)?

China is an IEA association country, rather than a member IEA country.

What is China's renewable vs fossil fuel energy mix?

China uses 27% energy from renewable sources compared to 67.35% energy from fossil fuel sources.

China's Climate Change Action

A list of some of China's common climate change questions.

Have China's government pledged to ban diesel and petrol cars?

Yes, China have plans to ban ICE cars by 2040.


Have China's government pledged to be a net zero country?

Yes, China have pledged to be a net zero country by 2060.


Does China's electricity mix still contain coal?

Yes, China's electricity does still contain coal as part of the countries energy mix.

Does China's generate nuclear electricity?

Yes, China's does generate nuclear electricity.

China's Climate Change Resources

National Climate Change Entity

Are you looking for your countries department for action against climate change? If so, the website below is China's dedicated environment and global warming resource. We encourage everyone to put pressure on local and national government's to put climate change high on their priority and to push forward with climate positive laws.

National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation

China's Comparison Against Countries

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