China’s climate envoy says fossil fuel phase-out is unrealistic [Gas in Transition]
China’s climate envoy says fossil fuel phase-out is unrealistic [Gas in Transition]
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China’s climate envoy says fossil fuel phase-out is unrealistic [Gas in Transition]
Summary
“It is unrealistic to completely phase-out fossil fuel energy”…oil, gas, and coal will continue to play a crucial role in global energy supply and in maintaining energy security. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 10] by: Charles Ellinas
China’s special envoy for climate change, Xie Zhenhua, told ambassadors attending the 9th China and Globalization Forum in Beijing late September that “it is unrealistic to completely phase-out fossil fuel energy.” He said oil, gas, and coal will continue to play a crucial role in global energy supply and in maintaining energy security. Xie Zhenhua will be representing China at the COP28 summit. He has overseen environmental protection, resource conservation, energy saving and pollution reductions and climate change affairs in China. Despite the massive increase in renewable energy capacity, way ahead of any country in the world, continued growth in energy demand means that China needs to rely on increasing all forms of energy, including coal, oil and gas. In 2022, China accounted for almost one-third of global renewable power generation and close...
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