The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world have announced separate financial attacks on climate change. Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will no longer fund coal-fired power plants abroad, surprising the world on climate for the second straight year at the UN General Assembly. That is because China last year added as much new coal power domestically as was just cancelled abroad, he said. But Ms Lewis said official data from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce showed no new coal plants financed abroad in the first half of 2021. What will really matter is when China stops building new coal plants at home and shuts old ones, Mr Tsang said.

Source: Irish Independent September 21, 2021 21:56 UTC