China’s carbon emissions are set to fall in 2024, according to new analysis for Carbon Brief. 

The country – the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter – is projected to account for 45 per cent of global CO2 emissions between 2023 and 2050.

China has recently witnessed an increase in its CO2 emissions of 4.7 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023. Scientists have interpreted this surge as a rebound from the nation’s ‘zero-Covid’ period. They have predicted that the country’s emissions will reach a peak this year, before beginning a structural decline from 2024. 

China is aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. As part of this effort, the country has made significant investments in renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.

The country met its solar and wind installation targets for the year in September, and its sales of electric vehicles are already well ahead of the government’s 20 per cent target for 2025, according to Carbon...