Of course and probably with this in mind.
Comment on China is on track to reach clean energy targets six years early
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Clearly they low-balled their 2030 estimate if they already reached it
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 months ago
CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Agree with fr0g, the goals have become easier & cheaper to hit as the tech progresses. Especially when you do all manufacturing in-house, whip it out. Just be wary of any and all claims made by China; they are not to be trusted.
fr0g@piefed.social 3 months ago
A lot of countries are ahead in their targets for solar because solar has gotten so much cheaper so rapidly. In general renewable technologies have gotten cheaper faster than even the most ambitious predictions foresaw. So it might very well not be a low-balling thing.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Well, they certainly might have thought let’s better not commit to uncertain goals, but the consistent low-balling of climate targets compared to pretty much everyone else with similar economies was the main critizism about China in climate summits a few years back. So I guess this proves the critics right, but still good that China didn’t become complacent on this despite their own low-balled targets.