The new German targets are very bad. What’s really disturbing is that Germany’s new government is following a global trend with this policy.

In 2024, global gas demand rebounded by 2.8%, spurred by China, Russia and the USA

Gas consumption also grew in Canada, in Asia (especially in India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Taiwan), in the Middle East (especially in Iran and Saudi Arabia), and in Africa (especially in Nigeria, Algeria and Egypt). On the contrary, rising carbon-free power generation reduced gas consumption in Japan (-3%) and Australia (-4%), while lower LNG exports reduced gas consumption in liquefaction plants in Qatar.

A new report reveals that a surge in long-term liquefied natural gas contracts from China -the world’s third largest gas consumer behind the US and Russia- is prolonging South-East Asia’s fossil fuel dependency.

This provides quite a bad broader picture.

Good, let’s hope that goes beyond a joint statement.

At the moment, the EU’s climate actions are insufficient while China’s climate actions are highly insufficient.

Global coal investments surge - with China leading the path as the country’s construction of new coal-power plants ‘reached 10-year high’ in 2024. China began building almost 100 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-power capacity and resumed 3.3GW of suspended projects in 2024, the highest level of construction in the past 10 years, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Global Energy Monitor (GEM).

By the way, today (24 July) is Earth Overshoot Day …

Accusing people of bad faith without reason just because they disagree with you is one of the most disingenuous things you can do.

I fully agree. Just read many of the comments about the linked article. They do exactly what you portray.

The 50 cent warriors are somewhere else.

Amazing how this thread illustrates how many tankie alt accounts are here on Beehaw already.

Just read the article before you (intentionally?) misinterpret the content:

The admission of Chinese responsibility came during a secret meeting between outgoing Biden administration officials and Chinese representatives on the sidelines of a summit in Geneva in December 2024. […] The Chinese attendants referred indirectly to the activity as being a warning for the US to stay away from any attempts to support or defend Taiwan.

Only 16 countries globally submitted NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) on time. These include the UK, Switzerland, Montenegro, and Andorra from Europe, the others are Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and some smaller countries like the Marshall Islands and the Maldives.

Some of the world’s largest emitters failed to submit new NDCs. These include not only the EU but also China, India and Russia.

As you can see from the links, none of them is on track.

Yeah, the European Union is also good. For the first time in 2024, solar energy in the EU surpassed coal in generating electricity across all 27 EU member states, while natural gas production of electricity fell for the fifth year running.

In the European Union (EU), 47% of electricity now comes from renewable sources like wind and solar, a new record according to a report from the think tank Ember. This is a far higher percentage than in other countries, including the United States and China, where about two-thirds of energy comes from fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and gas.

As I said, tthe narrative that China as leading the path to a better climate is simply wrong. China’s track record regarding the fight against climate change is -very much as those of most other larger countries- an absolute disaster: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china

That’s an oversimplification of the article. It’s not that “we should burn fossil fuels.” China should rather stop burning them.

China’s measures to fight climate change are highly insufficient as per practically all independent metrics, and the Chinese government doesn’t appear to be even willing to reduce its emissions. It keeps on to produce a massive amount of overcapacity to to flood the world (and especially the global south) with cheap products for geopolitical and economic gains.