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I can't find a source for global emissions, but for the EU the emissions are actually lower than in 1990: https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/eu-greenhouse-gas-emiss...

I expect China's emissions to be through the roof compared to 1990, on the other hand they've noticed the problem and unlike Trump's head in the sand approach, the vast majority of their energy investments are in renewables.

So things are bad but they're looking up.



90% of China's energy consumption is from hydro-carbons [0]. Mostly coal.

[0] https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis.cfm?iso=CHN


Note that this number is for total primary energy consumption, including things such as transportation and heating. For electrical power generation, it's about 70% from coal, gas and oil. That said, it's completely reasonable to look at the total energy consumption.

Grandparent was talking about investments, though, not the status quo. Couldn't readily find figures relating to the distribution of investments, but it's easy to find articles about the large scope of their renewable ambitions, e.g. http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/01/china-leaving-us-behind-clea...




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