China’s Painful, but Necessary Energy Transition | Institut Montaigne

China’s Painful, but Necessary Energy Transition | Institut Montaigne: Since COP21 in Paris, and after Xi Jinping’s 30/60 pledge of September 2020, promising to cap CO2 emissions by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, the results have been almost ironic. Despite undeniable progress in renewable energies, a nuclear revival, and improvements in energy efficiency, economic growth more than cancelled the gains in emissions.