Anika Patel
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China Analyst at Carbon Brief, she/her. Retweets are not endorsements. On 🟦🌌 @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org
Joined January 2018
RT @pretentiouswhat: Here's something notable: Shandong has become the first (to my knowledge) province to set renewable consumption quotas….
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RT @pretentiouswhat: Translation of key portions of the public statement from China's National Energy Administration (NEA) July press confe….
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China's energy transition has a formidable challenge: cement. @j_s_bowen explains how to tackle cement's CO2 emissions in today's @CarbonBrief China Briefing. Plus:.📉 CO2 emissions fall 1% Jan-Jun.🚗 China's cleantech exports rise.🏔️ Officials hail Xi's 'two mountains' speech
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RT @laurimyllyvirta: NEW from me: Clean energy growth helped China’s CO2 emissions fall 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extendin….
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Does Xi Jinping care about climate? It's complicated. I unpacked new @AsiaSociety analysis of Xi's policy priorities for @carbonbrief's DeBriefed newsletter. Plus:.🌡️ Heatwaves and wildfires in Europe.🔍 Factchecking Trump's climate report. Read more⬇️.
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DeBriefed is Carbon Brief's essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change.
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RT @laurimyllyvirta: NEW from us: Last year, China started construction on an estimated 95 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity, enoug….
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China is building 95 gigawatts of new coal power plants. That doesn't mean coal power use will definitely rise. Qi Qin and @laurimyllyvirta explain why in their new piece for @CarbonBrief . Read more:
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Extreme rainfall, 300GW of solar and Industrial Cthulhu 🐙. That's a snapshot of China's climate developments over the past fortnight. Plus, the power sector targets China should set in its 2035 NDC. Read my new @carbonbrief China Briefing for more ⬇️.
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Deadly rainfall and flooding struck across China and the government issued policies on clean-energy “price wars”.
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NEW - Research by @zhenhuaplus and @east_winds says 🇨🇳 should set a target of installing at least 2,910GW of wind and solar by 2035. This would make its next NDC consistent with the goal to limit global warming to 2C. Read more in @CarbonBrief ⬇️.
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China’s power sector is both the world’s largest emitter and the largest source of clean-energy growth, making it essential to global climate efforts.
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RT @yangyubin1998: Wuqi County, Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, received 251 mm of rainfall in 12 hours, and the Beiluo River experienced the lar….
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Today's 🇪🇺🇨🇳 climate statement said the two would show "leadership" at COP30, but nothing on coal. Plus.🏔️ Tibet megadam launched.🚢 Cleantech from 🇨🇳 lowers RoW emissions 1%.🏡 Xi calls for 'green' housing. Read more in my @CarbonBrief China Briefing.
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China’s output of clean-energy technologies is enabling rapid deployment around the world, but their production is energy- and carbon-intensive.
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RT @vonderleyen: The EU-China cooperation on climate can set a global benchmark. So our joint press statement is an important step forward….
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RT @fbermingham: EU-China summit is underway in Beijing. In this thread I will collate interesting points from remarks and readouts throu….
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RT @YanQinyq: 🥵 China's national power peak load set new RECORD on 16 July amid heatwaves, rising above 1500 GW. said the National Energy A….
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NEW: As 🇨🇳 faces floods and drought, I unpack its new adaptation progress report for @CarbonBrief's China Briefing. Plus:.🎯 Clean-power targets set for new sectors .🪭 Air-con drives record high power load.❌ Solar firms get overcapacity telling-off.
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China’s Ministry of Ecology and the Environment (MEE) recently published a report outlining China’s progress last year in adapting to climate change.
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RT @JChengWSJ: Reuters: “Large quantities of antimony…have poured into the United States from Thailand and Mexico since China barred U.S. s….
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Unusually large quantities of antimony - a metal used in batteries, chips and flame retardants - have poured into the United States from Thailand and Mexico since China barred U.S. shipments last...
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RT @kyleichan: The big story is not just China’s shift to renewable energy but its rapid progress in electrification, which is a strategic….
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