Lauri Myllyvirta
@laurimyllyvirta
co-founder @CREACleanAir; senior fellow @AsiaPolicy: tracking and advancing the clean energy transition, with data and evidence.
Foreign policy most definitely is a part of the consideration in China's climate policy. No other way to make sense of Xi's major announcements with Obama in 2014 and in UNGAs in 2020 and 2021. Not the only or main consideration but one important factor. If main diplomatic…
C’mon! You can’t “push” China to do anything they wouldn’t want to do on their own. Why do you, with such a good knowledge of China, even think about this?
So this is what the EU and China were able to agree on climate. Nothing groundbreaking but some positive elements. Promising to align new 2035 emission targets with the 1.5/well below 2 degree temperature goal is good. Reference to fulfilling existing targets is good in that it…
Shifting to recycled steel production is one of the two biggest emission reduction opportunities in China over the next decade, as shown by our analysis. There has been no progress on this front despite government targets, as the sector has lacked meaningful incentives. A new…
🇨🇳 NEW | #China could avoid #CO2emissions nearly equal to EU's entire #steel sector by meeting 2025 #greensteel goals Despite a 2025 15% #electricarcfurnace steel share target, actual share has stalled at around 10% energyandcleanair.org/publication/cl… @ShenXinyi313, @BelindaSchaepe