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co-founder @CREACleanAir; senior fellow @AsiaPolicy: tracking and advancing the clean energy transition, with data and evidence.
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China cooks the carbon accounting books by 400 million tons

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By Jo Nova, Lauri Myllyvirta
| Joanne Nova
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash By Jo Nova We’re facing the sixth mass extinction but carbon accounting games are a performance art and almost no one cares that the largest emitter on Earth has gaping holes in their numbers.
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Analysis: China’s CO2 climbs 2% in early 2026 due to ‘wasted’ wind and solar

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By Lauri Myllyvirta
| Carbon Brief Verified
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by 2% in the first quarter of 2026, after a rise in the amount of “wasted” wind and solar power. The country used more coal and gas to generate electricity than in the same quarter a year earlier, despite a record amount of new wind and solar capacity being built. While the strait of Hormuz crisis has boosted China’s focus on energy security – including through clean energy and electrification – its electricity system is failing to keep up.
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What drove China’s historic drop in power-sector emissions?

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By Lauri Myllyvirta, Qin Qi
| Eco-Business Verified
Last year, China’s coal-fired power generation and power sector CO2 emissions fell for the first time in a decade. Record growth in wind and solar output had met most of the country’s rising electricity demand, whose growth eased after several years of unusually rapid expansion. But the national turning point masked an uneven provincial picture: while 18 provinces reduced CO2 from the power sector, 13 recorded an increase.
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