{"id":76338,"date":"2023-03-06T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T02:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/03\/06\/china-is-still-committed-to-coal-burning-as-global-emissions-reach-a-record-high\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T02:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T02:00:11","slug":"china-is-still-committed-to-coal-burning-as-global-emissions-reach-a-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/03\/06\/china-is-still-committed-to-coal-burning-as-global-emissions-reach-a-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"China is still committed to coal burning as global emissions reach a record high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>China says coal is here to stay:<\/strong> Top coal consumer China will maintain dependence on coal despite Beijing expanding in the clean energy industry, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said at the National People\u2019s Congress yesterday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-03-05\/china-gives-new-backing-to-coal-even-as-clean-energy-accelerates?srnd=green\">Bloomberg<\/a>. China mines and burns half the world\u2019s coal, with the premier touting the benefits of the fossil fuel in keeping energy supplies and prices at home in check despite rising global inflation. Despite the support for coal, the country is still committed to clean energy generation, with authorities saying mega renewable projects, electricity storage and power grid upgrades will remain a priority this year. China aims to peak emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2060.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER STORIES WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THIS MORNING-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>French President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong> pledged <strong>EUR 50 mn<\/strong> to support countries working on <strong>protecting their forests and biodiversity <\/strong>at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pfbc-cbfp.org\/upcoming-events\/One-ForestSummit-March-Gabon.html\">One Forest Summit<\/a> in Gabon on Thursday. The USD 53 mn is part of a joint EUR 100 mn commitment to launch a new global program that rewards countries protecting and restoring their forests. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/macron-commits-53-mln-france-global-forest-protection-scheme-2023-03-02\/\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The US<\/strong> will provide some <strong>USD 1.2 bn<\/strong> in aid to revive battered <strong>nuclear power <\/strong><strong>plants<\/strong> under the Biden administration\u2019s commitment to boosting renewable energy generation. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/world\/americas\/biden-admin-offers-12bln-for-distressed-shut-nuclear-plants-cbbyvzwl\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The US <\/strong>will allocate <strong>USD 6 bn<\/strong> to bankroll<strong> 77 climate-focused projects <\/strong><strong>globally and 34 marine conservation projects<\/strong>. USD 5 bn would be allocated to finance climate-focused projects and the remaining USD 1 bn will be channeled toward financing marine conservation projects. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-delegation-announced-6-billion-usd-in-commitments-to-address-threats-to-our-ocean-doubling-last-years-pledge-at-eighth-our-ocean-conference\/\">Statement<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China says coal is here to stay: Top coal consumer China will maintain dependence on coal despite Beijing expanding in the clean energy industry, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said at the National People\u2019s Congress yesterday, according to Bloomberg. China mines and burns half the world\u2019s coal, with the premier touting the benefits of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[70,862,11,88],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-76338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-world","tag-around-the-world","tag-coal","tag-enterpriseclimate","tag-renewables","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"2080a43b-a68f-455b-bcf6-8c6354f41335","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[76319],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China is still committed to coal burning as global emissions reach a record high - Climate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2023\/03\/06\/china-is-still-committed-to-coal-burning-as-global-emissions-reach-a-record-high\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China is still committed to coal burning as global emissions reach a record high\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"China says coal is here to stay: Top coal consumer China will maintain dependence on coal despite Beijing expanding in the clean energy industry, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said at the National People\u2019s Congress yesterday, according to Bloomberg. 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