China’s harmful emissions from coal power increased more than any other G20 country on a per capita basis between 2015 and 2022, according to a report published today by Ember, a climate think tank.
While most of the planet’s 20 largest economies managed to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they churn out by using coal to generate electricity, China emitted 3.10 tonnes per head of population last year, up 30 per cent from 2.38 tonnes in 2015, the report found.
