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China should consider increasing Paris climate pledge early – government thinktank

Influential agency recommends China, which is likely to beat its 2030 target for cutting carbon, revisit the pledge it made to the UN deal

Renminbi power: Will China’s wallet shape the planet?

China has big financial firepower. It must channel it towards low carbon through the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to lead from the front on climate

China five-year plan hints at deeper carbon cuts

NEWS: World’s largest carbon polluter may arrest rising emissions sooner than thought, says five-year economic plan, but details on boosting renewables remain light

China backs ‘revolutionary’ clean coal

NEWS: Environment minister promotes power station technology to cut pollution as China sets out five-year energy blueprint

China confirms 2015 emissions fall as solar, wind break records

NEWS: Carbon pollution declines for second year on falling coal consumption, says statistics agency

China’s prospects for big nuclear fade post-Paris

NEWS: Atomic power is proving too expensive and cumbersome for it to drive top polluter’s commitment to arrest rising carbon emissions