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An independent international research organisation focused on promoting clean energy and clean air with data and evidence.

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🇨🇳 🇺🇳 NEW | Report: Assessing China’s overseas coal power ban 4 years on

Following President Xi's 2021 pledge of no new overseas coal projects, 59.3GW of projects have been cancelled, or 6.1bn tonnes of avoided lifetime carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, yet loopholes persist
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
🇨🇳 NEW | Experts think #China can exceed its new 2035 #NDCs, but are less certain about short-term #emissions cuts

Full China Climate Transition Outlook 2025 survey:
energyandcleanair.org/publication/chinas-climate-transition-outlook-2025-expert-survey/

w/ @belindaschaepe.bsky.social; Xunpeng Shi
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
🇮🇳 NEW | #India ambient #AirQuality monthly snapshot is out!

🌿📉 Air quality sharply declined across India in Oct, particularly in the NCR

💡 212 of 249 cities w/ data for over 80% of days recorded PM2.5 below India’s national standards

⚠️ Only 6 cities complied w/ @who.int
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
🇨🇳 🇺🇳 NEW | Report: Assessing China’s overseas coal power ban 4 years on

Following President Xi's 2021 pledge of no new overseas coal projects, 59.3GW of projects have been cancelled, or 6.1bn tonnes of avoided lifetime carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, yet loopholes persist
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🇨🇳 🇺🇳 NEW | Report: Assessing China’s overseas coal power ban 4 years on

Following President Xi's 2021 pledge of no new overseas coal projects, 59.3GW of projects have been cancelled, or 6.1bn tonnes of avoided lifetime carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, yet loopholes persist
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Reposted by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air
Ahead of #COP30, #China’s new climate targets add momentum but still fall short of Paris goals. Emissions are leveling off, yet coal use grows even as clean energy exports cut global emissions by 1%. 🇨🇳🌏

Watch our new webinar with the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) to learn more⬇️
China’s Emission and Energy Transition Trends Ahead of COP30
Experts unpack how China’s climate moves—from coal growth to clean energy exports—could shape global climate talks at COP30.
asiasociety.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🇨🇳 NEW | #China monthly #energy & #airpollution snapshot is out now in EN & CN👇

💡 In September 2025, coal power generation declined, but installed capacity continued to expand rapidly; rising emissions drove notable year-on-year increases in PM2.5 across northern & western cities
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🇷🇺 🇹🇼 IMPACT | #Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical Corporation agrees not to purchase #RussianNaphtha after CREA report reveals tremendous import surge

Read the full statement from CREA, Environmental Rights Foundation, Ecodefense, & urgewald here:

energyandcleanair.org/taiwans-fpcc...
October 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🇨🇳🌿China’s greener steelmakers head overseas

💡China's low-carbon steel projects go to EU (cf.Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, CBAM); regions w/gas & high-grade iron ore - 1st small steps in industry shift

@dialogueearth.bsky.social w/CREA's @xinyi-shen.bsky.social

dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...
October 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🇷🇺 NEW | Monthly analysis of Russian fossil fuel exports & sanctions

❗️In September 2025, Russian fossil fuel revenues dropped to lowest levels since full-scale invasion of Ukraine

⚠️ Russian gas supply via TurkStream to Europe saw a 7% year-on-year increase this year
October 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🇮🇳 NEW | #India ambient #AirQuality monthly snapshot for September 2025 is out!

📉 With monsoon season receding, number of cities with ‘Good’ air quality declined

💡 231 of 235 cities wi/data for over 80% of days recorded PM2.5 below India’s national standards

⚠️ Only 32 cities complied w/the WHO
October 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🇷🇺🛢️NEW | Report: Taiwan's average monthly imports of Russian naphtha spiked nearly 6x between 2022 and H1 2025 to USD 1.3 bn, making Taiwan the world’s top importer

W/ Isaac Levi, Luke Wickenden, Hsin Hsuan Sun, Mark Pojen Hsu, Vladimir Slivyak
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Reposted by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air
Xi Jinping announced China's new climate targets personally, a positive gesture, but the targets brought little clarity on China’s future emission pathway. Targeting a 7-10% emission reduction by 2035 from an undefined "peak level" undersells China's current clean energy boom.
September 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇯🇵 📅 Japan Beyond Coal Symposium 2025 | Ammonia co-firing: A false solution?

🎤Join Dr Jamie Kelly, Air Quality Scientist at CREA, as he unpacks the air quality implications of ammonia co-firing

📅 30 Sept. 2025
🕗 08:00 CEST | 15:00 JST
📍 Online: beyond-coal.jp/en/news/jbc-...
📣 Host: @beyond-coal.jp
September 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🇮🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #India’s power-sector #CO2 falls for only second time in half a century

The sector's CO2 could peak before 2030

Anubha Aggarwal
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/
@carbonbrief.org

carbonbrief.org/analysis-indias-power-sector-co2-falls-for-only-second-time-in-half-a-century/
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
🇨🇳 NEW | #China monthly #energy & #airpollution snapshot is out now in EN & CN👇

💡In Aug 2025, coal & gas power generation rose by 2.2% and 15.4%, respectively due to hot & dry weather; year-to-date, power generation from coal & gas down 0.6%

☀️💨Solar & wind up 46.2%, 35.2%
September 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
⚕️NEW | FACT SHEET: HEAVY DUTY HARM IN LATIN AMERICA

💨 Air pollution from big trucks is toxic as those who live or work near busy roads or logistical hubs know

❓How dangerous is it?

⚕️ ☠️ CREA's health impact assessment (HIA) reveals costs to human life & economy reach in hundreds & billions👇
September 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🇮🇩 NEW | Report: Indonesia's RUPTL 2025-2034 power plan: Fossils first, renewables later

Indonesia’s 10-year power grid plan continues expansion of fossil power generation, while renewables see delays & are less ambitious than previous RUPTL 2021-2030
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🇷🇺 NEW | Monthly analysis of #Russian #FossilFuel exports & sanctions

❗🚢 In August 2025, shadow tankers’ transport of Russian crude rose by 11% month-on-month

❗Revenues from coal exports increased by 7% month-on-month to the highest levels of 2025
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW | Decoding #China’s upcoming climate targets

🌿🇨🇳 🇧🇷 President Xi Jinping pledged to announce China’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP30 in Belém in November. Here's what to pay attention to: ⤵️

@belindaschaepe.bsky.social
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🌍 🇺🇳 NEW | International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2025

This year's theme is 'Racing for Air' but the race is not a fair one, with low- and middle-income countries bearing the majority of the burden
w/ @unep.org
#CleanAirDay #CleanAirNow

Thread ⤵️
September 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🇨🇳 NEW | China – Coal power biannual review – H1 2025

❗ China's clean energy boom has seen clean energy meet all new power demand growth in 2025 & emissions drop but new coal projects are highest in a decade

w/ @globalenergymon.bsky.social

📄 Read full report:
energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
energyandcleanair.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in H1 2025

🌿 ☀️ CO2 output of the nation’s power sector fell by 3% in H1 2025 as growth in solar power alone matched the rise in electricity demand

@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-rec...
August 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🇨🇳 NEW | #China monthly #energy & #AirPollution snapshot is out now in EN & CN👇

💡 In July 2025, coal & gas power generation rose by 5.5% & 1.1%, respectively, due to hot & dry weather; year-to-date, power generation from coal & gas down 1.3%

☀️💨 Solar & wind up 67.1%, 22%
August 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM