Post by Columbia Climate School

As the West debated a green energy future, Beijing was building it, writes Columbia Climate School assistant professor of climate Leah Aronowsky in Foreign Policy. "The consensus that long informed climate politics is fracturing: Whether because of political backlash, economic concerns, or elite resignation, a climate politics organized around global temperature targets appears increasingly unviable," writes Aronowsky. "In the meantime, China has surged ahead in the clean energy sector, acting unilaterally to become the solar panel, lithium-ion battery, and electric vehicle supplier to the world. While China’s emissions reductions have fallen short of its own targets, there is no denying that it has cornered the market to become the world’s first clean energy superpower," Aronowsky continues. Read more in The End of Climate Politics. https://lnkd.in/eVZKCaaU