"BEIJING - China's carbon dioxide emissions dropped 1% in the first half of 2025 from the same period last year, helped by growing use of renewable energy to generate power, according to a study by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

Emissions from the power sector, the top source of greenhouse gases in China, fell 3 per cent during the six-month period, according to the study by CREA's lead analyst Lauri Myllyvirta for UK-based research organisation Carbon Brief.

Myllyvirta attributed the drop to more renewable electricity from China's rapidly growing fleet of solar power plants, which is expected to see another year of record capacity additions in 2025, putting emissions on track for a full-year decline in 2025, the study said."

Colleen Howe reports for Reuters August 21, 2025. [2]

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