A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters
A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters
David Dodwell
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Outside In by David Dodwell

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

David Dodwell
David Dodwell

Updated: 3:36am, 6 Apr, 2019

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A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters
A labourer shovels coal at a storage site in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, in 2011. Photo: Reuters
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David Dodwell

David Dodwell

David Dodwell is the executive director of the Hong Kong-APEC Trade Policy Study Group, a trade policy think tank.