In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the record expansion of renewable energy by the world's largest emitter and how Canada's pension funds are doing in the shift away from investments in fossil fuels.Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change.
At the time of the announcement, Chinese President Xi Jinping didn't specify the year in which he expected his country's emissions to peak. But analysts from the Finnish think-tank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air projected in"It's highly likely that when China's emissions go into decline, global emissions will follow," report author and lead analyst Lauri Myllyvirta toldChina emits roughly one-third of the world's carbon dioxide, according to the IEA.
In the summer of 2022, a historic heat wave and drought ravaged China for more than 70 days, setting off wildfires, ruining crops and forcing local authorities to ration electricity as energy consumption soared. What does it mean if the world's most populous country and largest carbon emitter could wean itself off coal soon, and lead the world in renewable energy?
China's reliance on coal has, at times, been used by supporters of liquefied natural gas to justify Canada's production of the so-called transitional fuel. Last December, Kevin Falcon, the leader of the Opposition B.C. United Party, reiterated his support for LNG, saying it could be exported from B.C. to countries in Asia.
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This year's devastating wildfires in Chile destroyed more than 7,000 homes and killed more than 130 people. Were they made more likely by climate change?A pumpjack draws out oil from a wellhead near Calgary. A majority of Canadian pension funds analyzed in a new report have at least one director or trustee who is also the director or executive of a fossil fuel company.