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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 29/09/2026

NEW - Almost 75% of the 15th five year plans China published since March mentioned energy or decarbonisation Our team went through 70+ plans to see how climate policy featured This new @carbonbrief.org tracker lists all of the ones that mention climate or energy in one place

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 03/09/2026

NEW - In the past two weeks: 🏔️ A deadly glacier collapse struck Nepal and China ⁉️ Reports emerged that China may host COP33 🛢️ China's emissions dropped due to plummeting oil use & @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org covers new research showing climate change made Sept 2024 heatwave 500x more likely ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 14/08/2026

NEW | China's newly-published 5 year plan for coal calls the fuel "vital" for the economy and energy security The plan outlines how China plans to develop the coal industry, while also aiming to peak its CO2 emissions Find out more in my latest article for @carbonbrief.org, link below ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 07/08/2026

NEW | China calls for a "new narrative" on global climate governance in its 5 year plan for climate change The plan also signals an increased focus on super-pollutants, including SF6, an f-gas that had flown under the radar Lekai Liu digs into the key parts of the plan for @carbonbrief.org ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 29/07/2026

NEW | China will build 3500GW of renewables and boost consumption by over 50%, according to a new 5 year plan The plan for renewables, published last week, outlines China's plan for a number of clean-energy sources It also sets out "firm capacity" targets to support energy supply

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 10/07/2026

NEW | In the past two weeks, China: 🌧️ Saw 39 killed in deadly floods ⤵️ Published plans for peaking CO2 emissions 🤝 Set up a new trade mechanism with 🇪🇺 Plus, I spoke to Sun Yixian about China's climate leadership Read more in my latest China Briefing for @carbonbrief.org - link below

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 09/07/2026

I spoke to Dr Sun about his team's research, which found that China's global climate engagement has been rising, especially since the late 2000s. He said that whether this will translate into China taking up the mantle of climate leadership remains an “open question”.

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 09/07/2026

NEW - China has launched or run 88 climate-focused initiatives since 1991, according to a new database tracking its environmental leadership by a team at @uniofbath.bsky.social

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 18/06/2026

China's provincial-level govts have now published their 15th five-year plans These plans outline local aims for energy, climate & cleantech, giving a window into how China's climate goals will be put into practice Lekai Liu dug into all 31 documents for @carbonbrief.org, find his analysis below ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 11/06/2026

NEW | In the past two weeks, China: 🛑 Issued new rules on tech transfers 💰 Fined a cleantech company for mineral exports ⛈️ Evacuated 1,000s due to heavy rains Plus, we unpack some of the goals in China's provincial five-year plans Find out more in the newest China Briefing for @carbonbrief.org ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 05/06/2026

NEW - China added 9-10 GW of new solar in March and April, compared to an average of 26 GW a month in 2025 But it isn't simply a matter of low demand. A major pricing shakeup, as well as a growing focus on integrating clean power, played a big role See my new @carbonbrief.org article for more ⬇️

Chart showing China's new solar capacity falling dramatically in 2026 compared to 2025

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 27/05/2026

China is the largest producer and consumer of hydrogen, but the vast majority of the hydrogen is made from fossil fuels – especially coal Coal-based processes for making hydrogen can produce as much as 40kg of carbon emissions for every kilogram of hydrogen they make

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 30/04/2026

NEW - What do silver, war and taxes have in common? They all drove a massive surge in Chinese solar exports last month Find out more in this week's @carbonbrief.org China Briefing spotlight, written by Lekai Liu Link below ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 02/04/2026

Over the past two weeks: 🌐 China outlined industry and climate policy at CDF 🚫 The UK govt blocked Chinese clean-tech investment 📉 Oil majors reported falling profits I also looked at how Chinese news is covering the Iran conflict Read more in the @carbonbrief.org China Briefing. Link below ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 19/03/2026

NEW- Regional shifts in 🇨🇳 coal mining is limiting methane emissions. Mining is increasingly happening in north/northwest mines with lower gas content. Methane emissions are up in these provinces, but falling in many others. @carbonbrief.org explores what this means for 🇨🇳 emissions. Link below ⬇️

China provincial methane emissions 2012-2021

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 06/03/2026

NEW - Carbon Brief's mega-analysis of China's new five-year plan just dropped! We dig into what the plan means for carbon emissions, renewable energy, cleantech competition, critical minerals & more To find out everything you need to know about the new policy, click the link in the comments ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 19/02/2026

NEW - I sat down with Ma Jun, one of China's most well-known environmentalists, in Belem to discuss the country's energy transition We talked about using data to accelerate climate action, EU-China cooperation, the future of coal and the role of civil society in China's climate policy Link below ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 05/02/2026

NEW - In today's @carbonbrief.org China Briefing: 🎯 How cleantech helped 🇨🇳 hit its growth target 🔆 Solar and wind power now bigger than coal 🇬🇧 Starmer and Xi talk climate 💵 Green finance in 🇨🇳 reaches $6.8tn 📈 Coal plant proposals at record high Read more in today's edition, link in the comments

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 03/02/2026

NEW - New coal power proposals in 🇨🇳 reached 161 GW in 2025, a record high, says a new report by @creacleanair.bsky.social and @globalenergymon.bsky.social Many coal plants in China are loss-making and run far below full capacity For more, see my article in @carbonbrief.org - link in the comments ⬇️

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 23/11/2025

Meanwhile, India spoke for China and other LMDCs: "The LMDCs have the highest climate ambition and also implementation in this room, despite our lower historical responsibility and capability"

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 23/11/2025

China at the #COP30 closing session: "History will remember the footprint that was left in Belém" "As a developing country, China will continue to promote global climate governance"

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 22/11/2025

Intervention by 🇮🇳 on behalf of 🇧🇷🇿🇦🇮🇳🇨🇳 BASIC, following the suspension of the closing plenary at COP30 Says intervening countries hold "extreme positions" Adds: "It is in our interest to make sure climate multilateralism succeeds"

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 16/11/2025

Insane queues for freebies from the COP30 China pavilion last night

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 14/11/2025

At the China pavilion today, China launched a new global training dataset for AI-powered weather forecasting, meant to help other countries with early warnings for extreme weather MEE officials said that they have also trained 600+ people from 100+ countries on best practice for climate adaptation

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 10/11/2025

It's absolutely packed at the China Pavilion this afternoon at COP30 as China hosts an event on south-south climate cooperation Speakers include Huang Runqiu, Liu Zhenmin and Ana Toni, with several Chinese environment officials (current and former) in the front row

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 10/11/2025

I'm in Belém for week 1 of COP30, covering China's role at the negotiations. If you're around and have time for a coffee, let me know!

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 18/09/2025

NEW - Is BRICS the next climate leader? BRICS is in the news due to Trump and tariffs, but the group also has an interesting dynamic when it comes to climate 🇨🇳🇧🇷🇮🇳 have pushed fossil fuels to <50% of power + BRICS are shaping COP outcomes Read more in my new @carbonbrief.org piece (link below)

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 21/08/2025

China's energy transition has a formidable challenge: cement. @climateanalytics.org explains how to tackle cement's CO2 emissions in today's China Briefing www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefi... Plus: 📉 CO2 emissions fall 1% Jan-Jun 🚗 Cleantech exports rise 🏔️ Officials hail Xi's 'two mountains' speech

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 14/04/2025

Looks like there's some misinformation going around - some media are reporting solar cells are included in US tariff exemptions on some Chinese goods The US announcement lists codes of exempt goods. Solar cells (8541.42) and solar panels (8541.43) aren't on the list

A screenshot of an incorrect report on US tariff reversal

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 04/04/2025

China's response to the US trade tariffs included export controls on more rare earth elements Previous export controls on germanium, gallium and graphite only paused exports, it didn't stop them completely We'll need to wait and see if the same is true for this latest round of minerals

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 03/04/2025

As Trump raises tariffs, China's solar exports to global south double Read more in today's @carbonbrief.org China Briefing www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefi... Plus 💰 China's carbon market expansion greenlit 🏔️ Xi wants China to hold cleantech 'commanding heights' 🤝EU and China to hold new EV talks

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 03/04/2025

Went on a @carbonbrief.org field trip to see the Kyoto play last night, it was genius!

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 13/03/2025

The two sessions itself contained no major surprises for climate and energy policy, affirming its new role as "a platform to confirm pre-existing decisions rather than introduce new ones”, according to Li Shuo at @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org Coal continues to be seen as key to 🇨🇳 energy strategy

A comparison of language used for coal in Chinese government work reports 2021-2025

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 13/03/2025

NEW - With China's "two sessions" mega policy event over, I dug into the signals 🇨🇳 leaders sent around energy and climate policy A weak energy target and continued focused on coal power show that climate is on the backburner in favour of the economy www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh... More in 🧵

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 13/02/2025

NEW - China started work on 94.5GW of new coal power capacity in 2024, a report released today led by Qi Qin at @creacleanair.bsky.social and @cshearer19.bsky.social found These new additions put China's energy transition at risk, they said Read more ⬇️ www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-const...

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 10/12/2024

Minerals are key to making low-carbon tech, and many countries are nervous about access to them Gallium and germanium are used for solar panels, while antimony and graphite are needed for EV batteries

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 10/12/2024

NEW - 🇨🇳 banned exports to 🇺🇸 of 3 key minerals for cleantech, and tightened controls on graphite exports to 🇺🇸. But 🇨🇳 first export controls didn't choke supply chains. Experts disagree if this will hold true now ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-could-a-us-china-trade-war-mean-for-the-energy-transition

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 21/11/2024

Fun #COP29 NDC talks readout 🇨🇳 opposed an in-session workshop and, supported by 🇮🇳, a reference to NDC synthesis report 🇵🇦 said “we can't have a Picasso of [incomparable] NDCs” 🇮🇳 replied “we get what we painted” reiterating the “voluntary” nationally-determined nature of NDCs Source @enb.iisd.org

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 04/12/2023

Climate envoy Xie Zhenhua, IEA head Fatih Birol and reps from the oil and gas industry at China's event on methane at the China pavilion COP28 🧵

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 01/12/2023

Exec. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang at COP28 says countries should "promote clean, low carbon and efficient use of traditional energy"

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 30/11/2023

Scoffs of disbelief as COP28 president Al Jaber talks about the contributions of oil and gas companies to the COP process

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 29/11/2023

I'll be at COP28 covering China's position on climate finance, the global stocktake and more. Come find me if you're around and want to chat all things China

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