A photo taken on October 24, 2021, shows a worker leveling coal on a carrier in Jiujiang, in China’s central Jiangxi province. Photo: AFP
A photo taken on October 24, 2021, shows a worker leveling coal on a carrier in Jiujiang, in China’s central Jiangxi province. Photo: AFP

Climate change: China’s coal reliance raises alarms as UN IPCC moves net-zero deadlines ahead 10 years for 1.5-degree goal

  • China’s reluctance to ditch coal due to energy-security concerns will make the country’s decarbonisation even harder, climate experts say
  • UN’s new goals require ‘much faster emissions reductions than China is currently prepared to target’, an analyst says

A photo taken on October 24, 2021, shows a worker leveling coal on a carrier in Jiujiang, in China’s central Jiangxi province. Photo: AFP
A photo taken on October 24, 2021, shows a worker leveling coal on a carrier in Jiujiang, in China’s central Jiangxi province. Photo: AFP
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