COP28 hinges on China and the United States putting their political differences aside, said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency.
Amin said the two countries could work together on heavy industry — including steel, cement and aluminum plants, which have emissions that can be difficult to control.
The Biden administration has accused Beijing of genocide and forced labor in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang and placed a ban on products made there, including solar panels.Amin said coal is also likely to be a big sticking point. China has infuriated Western officials by increasingIt is not running the new plants all out, Amin said China has told his team, leaving them to conclude they may be just a contingency in case the country needs more domestic energy supply.
“Those 500 gigawatts could wipe out all the gains of Europe and the United States,” Kerry said. “That’s neither fair, nor is it sensible.”saying total oil, gas and coal demand will peak this decade, the “beginning of the end” of fossil fuels. While China may be building more coal-fired power than expected, it is also adopting solar power and electric vehicles much faster than expected, reasons to think its fossil fuel demand will also peak, Birol told The Post.1.
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