Carbon emissions decline in China

New figures show China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell in 2025, the first full year to show such a decline. The analysis for the website, Carbon Brief, suggest the reduction is modest - just 0.3 per cent but campaigners say it raises hopes that emissions from the world's biggest polluter might be peaking ahead of schedule.

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(Photo: A chemical factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China. Credit: Jianan Yu/Reuters).