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China has shrunk its coal power projects pipeline by 74 per cent since committing to the Paris Agreement on climate change , but it should do more to curb new construction, according to a think tank that has called for a total ban on new projects. As new projects slowed to a trickle everywhere, China – home to more than half of the world’s operating coal power generating capacity – commissioned 76 per cent of new capacity globally last year, up from 64 per cent in 2019, E3G said in report on Tuesday. “[Last year] saw China’s position as the...
