Experts: What to expect from China on energy and climate action in 2025?

China will need to balance its economic growth with its decarbonization agenda.
January 9, 2025

Summary

  • China’s carbon dioxide emissions growth is expected to slow down, with a possibility of peaking before 2030, driven by the country’s renewable energy buildout and efforts to expand the national carbon market.
  • China will need to balance its economic growth with its decarbonization agenda, requiring a major transformation of the coal-electricity ecosystem, which will have far-reaching impacts on various industries and socio-economic systems.
  • China’s energy and climate developments in 2025 will focus on advancing its “dual-carbon” goals, including the deployment of new energy sources, nuclear power, and energy storage technologies, as well as the expansion of the national carbon market and the development of smart grids.

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