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China Wants it Both Ways on Climate Change

Beijing’s new energy law furthers Xi climate change spin

Dec 03, 2024
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By: Tim Daiss

China continues to cast itself as a developing country harmed by emissions from the Global North – and in line for compensation despite its status as the world’s second-biggest economy after the United States. On November 8, the Chinese government passed a new much-heralded energy law designed to help the country reach its net zero emission…

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