China’s air becomes cleaner now, as CO2 emissions/unit of GDP fall by half from 2005

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China’s air becomes cleaner now, as carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP fall by half from 2005

China, as the world’s largest developing country, has made great achievements in carbon reduction during the past decade, cutting its carbon emissions per unit of GDP by half from 2005 levels. 

Despite intensifying challenges ahead, the direction of reducing carbon emissions will not be changed and China retains huge potential in developing new energy resources, experts said on Saturday.

In 2021, the national carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP fell by 3.8 percent year-on-year, approximately 50.3 percent lower than 2005 levels. The total energy consumption sourced from coal dropped from 72.4 percent in 2005 to 56 percent in 2021, according to Zhao Yingming, vice minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

Non-fossil fuel energy now stands at 16.6 percent of the country’s total energy consumption in 2021, Zhao said.

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