That is a tall order, given China consumed more coal in 2019 than the rest of the world combined. Some 20 percent of the entire world’s carbon emissions stemmed from Chinese coal-fired power stations alone. Indeed, electricity generated from coal still accounts for more than half of China’s total energy consumption (albeit down from 62 percent in 2016 to 57.7 percent in 2019). By contrast, around a quarter comes from renewables (mostly hydropower, but also wind and solar) and only around 5 percent from nuclear.
