China, Europe and UK should form climate coalition apart from US, energy expert says
China, Europe and UK should form climate coalition apart from US, energy expert says
Lord Adair Turner advocates for ‘pull together’ of rest of the world to accelerate shift to green energy
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/54521899
Can't read but will comment on the title.
The idea would be very cool but I don't know how serious China is on cutting down their emissions (especially at the expense of their exports being more expensive).
Just the EU and UK could feaisbly do it but it seems politicians are starting to push back against green policies since there is a belief they will hinder rather than help growth. Whether that is true or not is up for debate but I think it would be a missed opportunity for the EU/UK to miss out on another technological advancement that might pay dividends in the future. For example, figuring out how to use Hydrogen as a replacement for LNG could then be exported all over the world. Might bean renewables could have their excess energy stored efficiently.
China is pretty serious about getting their renewables going, mostly for energy independance reasons. I think they can be convinced to cooperate with future climate goals if enough care is taken.
Of course, if they don't cooperate, then yes, we need to move along without them.
Fair enough, it would be good for their energy independence but not sure they would want to stick to a timeline. Even if they did, not sure they would agree to an enforcement mechanism given they see themselves as a superpower (which they are) and wouldn’t want to be told what to do by the EU (not really a superpower even if on paper it could be) if any targets slipped.
Even so, I hope they can come to a deal. It would help both sides I think even if working with the Chinese will be a tricky business given their less than stellar human rights practices
One of those countries is not like the others, and name rhymes with Dhina. They are increasingly building coal energy plants.
While it is true that China builds coal plants, they invest way more green energy. So please stop the disinformation.
Bonus question:
How much of the global energy production build in 2023 was renewable?!<