China’s fossil fuel emissions fall for the second year running
China witnessed a historic fall in CO2 emissions in 2015 as its coal use fell for the second year in a row, according to newly released government data.
Fossil fuelled carbon emissions likely fell by a mighty 2.3% last year, following 0.8% drop in 2014 —which was the first year that had ever happened.
What’s behind this groundbreaking downturn?
The fall of coal, of course.
China burned less than 4 billion tonnes of raw coal for the first time in five years, with last year’s 3.7% reduction following a 2.9% fall in 2014.
As an Energydesk analysis recently revealed, coal use around the world is dropping at a record-breaking rate as commodity markets are tanking, renewable energy is rising and energy demand growth is slowing.
But the story of coal’s fall is particularly stark in China, where it fuelled the country’s stratospheric economic rise — and created the deadly air pollution crisis with which Beijing is still grappling.
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