As U.N. talks get underway, China is emerging as a key leader in international climate efforts. It is empowering the global energy transition, and along with India and Brazil, is becoming the driving force in climate diplomacy and filling a vacuum left by the world’s rich nations.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52852111

COP30 in Belém may well be remembered as the moment that the world accepted the leading role of China in addressing humanity’s most important challenge.

but now the E.U. is beset by internal problems. Its primary industrial economy, Germany, is suffering from Chinese competition, and with the rise of right-wing parties, resistance has emerged to the ambitious climate policies of the European Commission. One symptom of these internal troubles was the E.U.’s embarrassing failure to agree its own mitigation targets before the informal deadline of September 30.

The United States, meanwhile, is trying to force its partner countries to buy more U.S. oil and gas.

  • Sepia@mander.xyzEnglish
    101·
    17 days ago

    We could all hope that China would lead the world in climate change as the country is the world’s biggest polluter (with coal consumption still on the rise as I wrote just in another thread).

    However, China’s is far away of any leadership when it comes to reduce carbon emission.

    The scientists from the Climate Actions Tracker call China’s recent announcement to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035 as ‘disappointing’ as China - given the country’s size and economy - would need to cut emissions by around 30% for the world to be on track to the Paris goal.

    According to the scientists, no country is on track to Paris, but while the EU and Brazil’s climate actions are insufficient, China and India’s are considered highly insufficient.

    So it doesn’t look like leadership.

      • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        17 hours ago

        This looks like a good catch, thanks! I wasn’t aware of schizoidman or scotty.

        I’ve been trying to track these accounts for for quite a while. There may be more than one person involved, working together. I think there was originally just one person, and then two; I don’t know how many now. Some things the accounts have in common are:

        • They tend to target the same small group of communities.
        • They post more than they comment, usually a lot more.
        • They post predominantly anti-China & anti-Russia content.

        Some currently active accounts:

        • randomname@scribe.disroot.org | Jan. 2025 –
        • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org | Jan. 2025 –
        • schizoidman@lemmy.zip | Jun. 2025 –
        • Scotty@scribe.disroot.org | Aug. 2-25 –
        • Sepia@mander.xyz | Nov. 2025 –

        Some retired accounts:

        • tardigrada@beehaw.org | May 2022 –Dec. 2024
        • 0x815@feddit.de | Apr. 2023 – Jun. 2024
        • thelucky8@beehaw.org | Apr. 2024 – Jan. 2025
        • 0x815@feddit.org | Jun. 2024 – Dec. 2024
        • Anyone@slrpnk.net | Jan. 2025 – Apr. 2025
        • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          I don’t think schizoidman is an Hotznplotzn alt. I was referring to Sepia being their alt.

          • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            17 hours ago

            Not necessarily an alt for the same person, but seemingly working from the same overall playbook.

            • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              17 hours ago

              Right. I mean if you look at their post history, Hotznplotzn & Co post all-you-can-find China-bad whereas schizoidman does not.