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It will be tough to ensure the 'fuel-switch' changes are genuinely low-carbon, economic and sustained.
Wider adoption of heat pumps could accelerate decarbonisation of heating in China’s carbon-intensive buildings and light industry sectors, a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1 per cent in the second quarter of 2024 in the first quarterly fall since the country re-opened from its “zero-Covid” lockdowns in December 2022.
Though they have only just set sail, battery-powered ships have huge potential for cutting transport emissions.
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