China’s clean tech turning point

China is still regularly used as an excuse for inaction on climate change: if China isn’t doing its bit, then anything we do is pointless. This line became popular about 20 years ago and it had some validity at the time. It hasn’t been a serious argument for a while, as China has been doing far more than most people realise. It hasn’t necessarily been visible in their carbon emissions reporting, but 15 years of climate action in China is beginning to bear fruit.

As a reminder, China has been...