(FILES) This file photo taken on May 9, 2024 shows workers installing solar panels at the Ningxia Tengger Desert New Energy Base in Zhongwei, in Chinas northern Ningxia region. China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined, research published on July 11, 2024 showed. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Beijing, China — China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined, research published Thursday showed.
The world’s second-largest economy is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that drive climate change.
China has committed to bring carbon emissions to a peak by 2030 and to net zero by 2060.
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It has endured several waves of extreme weather in recent months that scientists say are rendered more severe by climate change.
China currently has a total of…
