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China’s new infrastructure has carbon-intensive supply chains, Greenpeace says
- New infrastructure includes 5G technology, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and high-speed railways
- Such industries could affect the country’s efforts to cut emissions
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A report from environmental group Greenpeace found that new Chinese infrastructure still relies on carbon-intensive supply chains, though they emitted less carbon than traditional infrastructure last year.
New infrastructure includes 5G technology, artificial intelligence, data centres, electric vehicles and related infrastructure and high-speed railways, said the report, which was released on Wednesday.
“The majority of new infrastructure’s emissions come from upstream and downstream industries,” said Zhang Kai, deputy programme director in Greenpeace East Asia’s Beijing office. “As long as the whole new infrastructure supply chain relies on China’s high-emissions energy mix, cutting emissions here will be a struggle.
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“This impact needs to be addressed holistically.”
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China, the world’s largest coal consumer and steel producer, is the biggest emitter of climate-warming gases globally. It aims for its carbon emissions to peak by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.
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