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CHINA’S BIG COAL CHALLENGE: China needs to cut in half its carbon emissions from its coal plants by 2030 in order to achieve its pledge of becoming carbon neutral by 2060, according to new research this morning.
To halve its emissions from coal China must shut, retrofit, or put into reserve 364 gigawatts of coal within 10 years, around a third of its current total,
according to London-based climate data provider TransitionZero.