Author: Somini Sengupta and Brad Plumer
Published on: 10/11/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
The United States is out and Europe is struggling. But emerging countries are embracing renewable energy thanks to cheap equipment. Countries like Brazil, India, and Vietnam are rapidly expanding solar and wind power. Poorer countries like Ethiopia and Nepal are leapfrogging over gasoline-burning cars to battery-powered ones. Indonesia is still mining vast amounts of coal, the dirtiest energy source. India and China continue their coal-plant building spree. Many are trying to reduce the amount of fossil fuels they import. Rapidly falling prices of Chinese technology are enabling them to do that. India is using incentives to install huge amounts of solar power and make much more solar equipment at home. It has yet to submit its 2035 climate targets for pivoting to cleaner energy sources under the Paris Agreement five years early. China has sought to cast itself as a pillar of global stability, especially after the Trump administration said it would withdraw the United States from the annual climate talks. Mr. Ding urged countries around the world to lower trade barriers for green technology. Many American and European leaders have expressed alarm at China’s growing dominance.
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