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China set to remove overseas coal power funding - but will it invest in renewable energy instead?

China will soon stop funding overseas coal power plants, like this one here, in a bid to significantly reduce CO2 emissions

"China has taken the first step to stop funding coal." Image: UNSPLASH/Johannes Plenio

Yixian Sun
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Development, University of Bath
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