China approves coal power surge despite emissions pledge: Greenpeace

China has approved a major surge in coal power so far this year, prioritising energy supply over its pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, Greenpeace said Monday.

The world’s second-largest economy is also its biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving climate change, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), and China’s emissions pledges are seen as essential to keeping global temperature rise well below two degrees Celsius.

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