![]() ![]() But these are the two smallest sectors, together accounting for only 18% of China’s emissions. This is mildly good news – it’s better than emissions going up. In the first four months of 2023, daily emissions from those sectors were an average 30.9 million tonnes.Įmissions from the residential and transport sectors didn’t change much. In the first four months of 2019, China’s transport, industry, energy and residential sectors together emitted an average 28.2 million tonnes of CO₂ a day. We found average daily carbon emissions increased substantially between the two periods. ![]() This period followed the removal of most COVID-related restrictions in China – such as testing requirements and quarantine rules – which essentially restored the country’s economy to business-as-usual. We compared emissions data from January to April 2019 (which represents typical pre-pandemic conditions in China) with the corresponding months in 2023. We examined data from Carbon Monitor, which provides science-based estimates of daily CO₂ emissions across the world. Others have said the peak will occur even earlier, in 2025.īut unfortunately, it seems those predictions were too optimistic. Some researchers examined the trends in China’s emissions up to 2019 and predicted the nation’s emissions would peak by 2026. This led to hopes of a “green” economic recovery in which government stimulus spending would be invested into climate-friendly projects, to ensure a longer-term slowing of growth in emissions. The COVID pandemic curbed greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, largely due to a drop in passenger travel. Olivia Zhang/AP An alarming trend in emissions China has pledged to ensure carbon emissions peak by 2030 – but it’s heading in the opposite direction. ![]()
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