China Briefing 20 August 2026: Oil and gas plan | Xi on climate change | Coal five-year plan
In this issue, Carbon Brief examines China’s five-year plan for coal.
Op-eds & Essays with Jason Bordoff & Meghan L. O'Sullivan • Foreign Affairs • January 01, 2022
It is true that clean energy will transform geopolitics—just not necessarily in the ways many of its champions expect.
By almost any measure, the world should be suffering a far more severe energy crisis.
The ongoing disruption of oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz has caused a substantial decline in China's crude oil imports.
The economic and humanitarian consequences of the June 24 twin earthquakes in Venezuela continue to emerge.
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Op-eds & Essays with Jason Bordoff & Meghan L. O'Sullivan • Foreign Affairs • January 01, 2022