Anika Patel
@anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org
China Analyst at Carbon Brief
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
China at the #COP30 closing session:
"History will remember the footprint that was left in Belém"
"As a developing country, China will continue to promote global climate governance"
"History will remember the footprint that was left in Belém"
"As a developing country, China will continue to promote global climate governance"
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
China at the #COP30 closing session:
"History will remember the footprint that was left in Belém"
"As a developing country, China will continue to promote global climate governance"
"History will remember the footprint that was left in Belém"
"As a developing country, China will continue to promote global climate governance"
Intervention by 🇮🇳 on behalf of 🇧🇷🇿🇦🇮🇳🇨🇳 BASIC, following the suspension of the closing plenary at COP30
Says intervening countries hold "extreme positions"
Adds: "It is in our interest to make sure climate multilateralism succeeds"
Says intervening countries hold "extreme positions"
Adds: "It is in our interest to make sure climate multilateralism succeeds"
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Intervention by 🇮🇳 on behalf of 🇧🇷🇿🇦🇮🇳🇨🇳 BASIC, following the suspension of the closing plenary at COP30
Says intervening countries hold "extreme positions"
Adds: "It is in our interest to make sure climate multilateralism succeeds"
Says intervening countries hold "extreme positions"
Adds: "It is in our interest to make sure climate multilateralism succeeds"
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++CLIMATE FINANCE! IN THE MUTIRÃO++
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
++CLIMATE FINANCE! IN THE MUTIRÃO++
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
China is not on the list. Unsurprising, but still notable given the number of global south countries that are.
COP30 FOSSIL FUEL ROADMAP: We've now seen the full list of 82 countries supporting some sort of roadmap on transitioning away from fossil fuels
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November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
China is not on the list. Unsurprising, but still notable given the number of global south countries that are.
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COP30 COVER TEXT: The Brazilian presidency has published a first draft "global mutirão" text on the "big four" issues at COP30 – finance, 1.5C, trade & transparency
Options inc a "Belém roadmap to 1.5C", national FF roadmaps, tripling adaptation finance and more
NB this is only a draft!
Options inc a "Belém roadmap to 1.5C", national FF roadmaps, tripling adaptation finance and more
NB this is only a draft!
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
COP30 COVER TEXT: The Brazilian presidency has published a first draft "global mutirão" text on the "big four" issues at COP30 – finance, 1.5C, trade & transparency
Options inc a "Belém roadmap to 1.5C", national FF roadmaps, tripling adaptation finance and more
NB this is only a draft!
Options inc a "Belém roadmap to 1.5C", national FF roadmaps, tripling adaptation finance and more
NB this is only a draft!
Insane queues for freebies from the COP30 China pavilion last night
November 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Insane queues for freebies from the COP30 China pavilion last night
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Pollinators and politics in China:
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#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
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#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
Pollinators and politics in China
Last week I returned from a 14 day visit to China to colleagues at the Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan, part of a three-year commitment to working there that I documented on the blog last yea…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pollinators and politics in China:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
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#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
At the China pavilion today, China launched a new global training dataset for AI-powered weather forecasting, meant to help other countries with early warnings for extreme weather
MEE officials said that they have also trained 600+ people from 100+ countries on best practice for climate adaptation
MEE officials said that they have also trained 600+ people from 100+ countries on best practice for climate adaptation
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
At the China pavilion today, China launched a new global training dataset for AI-powered weather forecasting, meant to help other countries with early warnings for extreme weather
MEE officials said that they have also trained 600+ people from 100+ countries on best practice for climate adaptation
MEE officials said that they have also trained 600+ people from 100+ countries on best practice for climate adaptation
Feeling COP FOMO? Our @carbonbrief.org COP30 Special breaks down what China has been saying and doing in Belem this week
Featuring:
👊 Fights over climate finance and NDC ambition
📉 Pressure on a fossil fuel phaseout
🗺️ South-south cooperation galore
Find out more ⬇️
Featuring:
👊 Fights over climate finance and NDC ambition
📉 Pressure on a fossil fuel phaseout
🗺️ South-south cooperation galore
Find out more ⬇️
China Briefing 13 November 2025: COP30 special - Carbon Brief
China Briefing: COP30 special.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Feeling COP FOMO? Our @carbonbrief.org COP30 Special breaks down what China has been saying and doing in Belem this week
Featuring:
👊 Fights over climate finance and NDC ambition
📉 Pressure on a fossil fuel phaseout
🗺️ South-south cooperation galore
Find out more ⬇️
Featuring:
👊 Fights over climate finance and NDC ambition
📉 Pressure on a fossil fuel phaseout
🗺️ South-south cooperation galore
Find out more ⬇️
Reposted by Anika Patel
NEW – Webinar: Carbon Brief’s first ‘ask us anything’ at COP30 | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org
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Webinar: Carbon Brief’s first ‘ask us anything’ at COP30 - Carbon Brief
As COP30 began in the Brazilian city of Belém, Carbon Brief hosted the first of three webinars to exclusively answer questions submitted by holders of the Insider Pass.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
COP 30 pavilions
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November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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NEW from me: CO2 emissions in China have now been flat or falling for 18 months, the first time that energy demand growth at or above historical averages doesn't drive emissions up, thanks to the clean energy boom. 🧵👇
🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NEW from me: CO2 emissions in China have now been flat or falling for 18 months, the first time that energy demand growth at or above historical averages doesn't drive emissions up, thanks to the clean energy boom. 🧵👇
It's absolutely packed at the China Pavilion this afternoon at COP30 as China hosts an event on south-south climate cooperation
Speakers include Huang Runqiu, Liu Zhenmin and Ana Toni, with several Chinese environment officials (current and former) in the front row
Speakers include Huang Runqiu, Liu Zhenmin and Ana Toni, with several Chinese environment officials (current and former) in the front row
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's absolutely packed at the China Pavilion this afternoon at COP30 as China hosts an event on south-south climate cooperation
Speakers include Huang Runqiu, Liu Zhenmin and Ana Toni, with several Chinese environment officials (current and former) in the front row
Speakers include Huang Runqiu, Liu Zhenmin and Ana Toni, with several Chinese environment officials (current and former) in the front row
I'm in Belém for week 1 of COP30, covering China's role at the negotiations. If you're around and have time for a coffee, let me know!
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I'm in Belém for week 1 of COP30, covering China's role at the negotiations. If you're around and have time for a coffee, let me know!
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#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
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🇨🇳☎️🇬🇧 China’s Wang Yi & UK’s Yvette Cooper discuss bilateral ties amid global turbulence.
Both stress calm dialogue, equality, & shared responsibility on climate, trade & security — agreeing to “address reasonable concerns on an equal footing.”
#ChinaUK #Diplomacy #Geopolitics
Both stress calm dialogue, equality, & shared responsibility on climate, trade & security — agreeing to “address reasonable concerns on an equal footing.”
#ChinaUK #Diplomacy #Geopolitics
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🇨🇳☎️🇬🇧 China’s Wang Yi & UK’s Yvette Cooper discuss bilateral ties amid global turbulence.
Both stress calm dialogue, equality, & shared responsibility on climate, trade & security — agreeing to “address reasonable concerns on an equal footing.”
#ChinaUK #Diplomacy #Geopolitics
Both stress calm dialogue, equality, & shared responsibility on climate, trade & security — agreeing to “address reasonable concerns on an equal footing.”
#ChinaUK #Diplomacy #Geopolitics
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It’s that time of the year. @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org and I trawled through hundreds of govt submissions to bring you the COP30 edition of @carbonbrief.org’s Who Wants What.
NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit - Carbon Brief
In order to track parties’ positions on negotiating points at COP30, Carbon Brief has analysed nearly 100 submissions to the UN and captured them in a table
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November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It’s that time of the year. @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org and I trawled through hundreds of govt submissions to bring you the COP30 edition of @carbonbrief.org’s Who Wants What.
UPDATED: Yesterday, China released its full 2035 climate pledge, building on Xi's UN speech. Our updated @carbonbrief.org analysis dives into the details, inc:
🌎 What the NDC says about the US
🗞️ Reactions to the targets
⚡ China's 2035 plans for coal
Find out more ⬇️
🌎 What the NDC says about the US
🗞️ Reactions to the targets
⚡ China's 2035 plans for coal
Find out more ⬇️
Q&A: What does China’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? - Carbon Brief
President Xi Jinping has pledged to cut China’s greenhouse gas emissions to 7-10% below peak levels by 2035, while “striving to do better”.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
UPDATED: Yesterday, China released its full 2035 climate pledge, building on Xi's UN speech. Our updated @carbonbrief.org analysis dives into the details, inc:
🌎 What the NDC says about the US
🗞️ Reactions to the targets
⚡ China's 2035 plans for coal
Find out more ⬇️
🌎 What the NDC says about the US
🗞️ Reactions to the targets
⚡ China's 2035 plans for coal
Find out more ⬇️
Reposted by Anika Patel
China Briefing | 15th ‘five-year plan’ priorities; 2035 wind goal; ‘Vehicle-to-grid’ tech
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October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
China Briefing | 15th ‘five-year plan’ priorities; 2035 wind goal; ‘Vehicle-to-grid’ tech
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Carbon Brief is introducing the COP30 Insider Pass for those who need more than headlines from Belem.
What the pass gives you access to:
📲 An invite-only WhatsApp group
📩 A daily email newsletter
🗣️ 3 exclusive 'Ask Us Anything' webinars
Sign up ⬇️
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📲 An invite-only WhatsApp group
📩 A daily email newsletter
🗣️ 3 exclusive 'Ask Us Anything' webinars
Sign up ⬇️
COP30 Insider Pass
A two-week, all-access package designed for those who need more than headlines.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Carbon Brief is introducing the COP30 Insider Pass for those who need more than headlines from Belem.
What the pass gives you access to:
📲 An invite-only WhatsApp group
📩 A daily email newsletter
🗣️ 3 exclusive 'Ask Us Anything' webinars
Sign up ⬇️
What the pass gives you access to:
📲 An invite-only WhatsApp group
📩 A daily email newsletter
🗣️ 3 exclusive 'Ask Us Anything' webinars
Sign up ⬇️
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Our analysis looks at the aviation emission reduction plans of the biggest players:
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Our analysis looks at the aviation emission reduction plans of the biggest players:
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
NEW - What happened in 🇨🇳's climate + energy space in the last 2 weeks:
🛳️ New rare earth, magnet and battery export controls
☀️ Proposal to broaden provinces' renewable energy quotas
📈 IEA says 🇨🇳 could hit 2035 wind and solar target in 2030
Find our more in my latest @carbonbrief.org China Briefing⬇
🛳️ New rare earth, magnet and battery export controls
☀️ Proposal to broaden provinces' renewable energy quotas
📈 IEA says 🇨🇳 could hit 2035 wind and solar target in 2030
Find our more in my latest @carbonbrief.org China Briefing⬇
China Briefing 16 October 2025: New export controls; IEA China projections; Provincial ‘Doc 136’ progress - Carbon Brief
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEW - What happened in 🇨🇳's climate + energy space in the last 2 weeks:
🛳️ New rare earth, magnet and battery export controls
☀️ Proposal to broaden provinces' renewable energy quotas
📈 IEA says 🇨🇳 could hit 2035 wind and solar target in 2030
Find our more in my latest @carbonbrief.org China Briefing⬇
🛳️ New rare earth, magnet and battery export controls
☀️ Proposal to broaden provinces' renewable energy quotas
📈 IEA says 🇨🇳 could hit 2035 wind and solar target in 2030
Find our more in my latest @carbonbrief.org China Briefing⬇
NEW - Only 18 of China's provinces have finalised plans for how they are going to price wind and solar power.
The other half - which make up 40% of China's CO2 emissions - have until the end of the year to get their systems in place.
Find out more in my latest article for @carbonbrief.org ⬇️
The other half - which make up 40% of China's CO2 emissions - have until the end of the year to get their systems in place.
Find out more in my latest article for @carbonbrief.org ⬇️
Analysis: Only half of Chinese provinces finalise key ‘Document 136’ renewable rules - Carbon Brief
Only half of China’s provinces have finalised new rules for pricing wind and solar power, according to Carbon Brief analysis
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October 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW - Only 18 of China's provinces have finalised plans for how they are going to price wind and solar power.
The other half - which make up 40% of China's CO2 emissions - have until the end of the year to get their systems in place.
Find out more in my latest article for @carbonbrief.org ⬇️
The other half - which make up 40% of China's CO2 emissions - have until the end of the year to get their systems in place.
Find out more in my latest article for @carbonbrief.org ⬇️
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Since tweets like this continue to travel and I get similar responses every time I post something positive about China, it's maybe good to point out where China's progress on clean energy is and isn't world-leading and/or game-changing. 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Since tweets like this continue to travel and I get similar responses every time I post something positive about China, it's maybe good to point out where China's progress on clean energy is and isn't world-leading and/or game-changing. 🧵