A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters
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War on climate change is doomed if China turns back towards the coalface
- While last year’s summit in Poland signalled renewed commitment to the fight to curb carbon emissions, recent studies point to China quietly moving back towards coal-fired power and Chinese institutions financing coal plants in other countries
A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters