CHINA'S CARBON EMISSIONS SOAR TO RECORD HIGH

  • 22/05/2021

 While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
The report   stated that "the country's CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement production grew 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year".Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at CREA said that it is the fastest rate of growth in more than a decade. Emissions were also 9 per cent higher than they were in the first quarter of 2019, before the pandemic.As a result, China's emissions generated nearly 12 billion metric tons of CO2 in the year ending March 2021, a record high. Recent data from carbon monitor has shown an uptick in China's carbon emissions, too. The global CO2 emissions tracker said the country's emissions in the first quarter increased 21 per cent year-on-year, fastest among the world's major emitters.
This comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed last year to make his country carbon neutral by 2060.

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