China has approved a major surge in coal power so far this year, risking 'climate disasters,', Greenpeace said.
— China has approved a major surge in coal power so far this year, prioritizing energy supply over its pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, Greenpeace said Monday. climate change
, such as carbon dioxide , and China's emissions pledges are seen as essential to keeping global temperature rise well below two degrees Celsius. A man tends to vegetables in a field as emissions rise from nearby cooling towers of a coal-fired power station in Tongling, Anhui province, China, Jan. 16, 2019.The jump in approvals for coal-fired power plants, however, has fueled concerns that China will backtrack on its goals to peak emissions between 2026 and 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2060.Local governments in energy-hungry Chinese provinces approved at least 20.
A study released in February by Global Energy Monitor said China last year approved the largest expansion of coal-fired power plants since 2015.Most of the new coal projects approved in the January-March period this year were in provinces that have suffered punishing power shortages due to record heatwaves in the last two years, Greenpeace said.
Several others were in southwest China, where a record drought last year slashed hydropower output and forced factories to shut down.Greenpeace analysts warned that investing in more fossil-fuel plants to prepare for the spike in air conditioning will create a vicious cycle: increased greenhouse gas emissions from the coal plants will accelerate climate change, resulting in more frequent extreme weather such as heat waves.
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