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China Issues Five-Year Climate Plan Through 2028
The plan details steps to integrate renewable power into factories, data centers and transport. It covers 2026-2028 and maintains existing emissions targets.
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China released a five-year climate plan on Thursday that sets out measures to increase the use of renewable electricity in factories, data centers and transport through 2028. The document follows the broad direction set at the annual political meeting in March and shifts emphasis from building new capacity toward storage, transmission and electrification.
The plan keeps the same core emissions targets published in March.
It advances solar and wind power for oil and gas operations and includes nuclear power in green electricity trading programs. A separate energy-sector work plan released Friday also promotes renewable sources.
China's carbon dioxide emissions declined slightly last year due to growth in renewables and electric vehicles. Officials have committed to peaking emissions before 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060. The plan does not limit the coal-to-chemicals industry but calls for low-carbon retrofits and gradual substitution of some coal inputs with renewables and green hydrogen.
A June energy plan continues to position coal as a backstop for the power system. China accounted for about 29 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2024.
