China deceives the world on carbon emissions

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China is by far the world’s largest and major driver of carbon emissions:

China carbon emissions

China’s growing emissions have been driven by its insatiable appetite for coal:

China coal use
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China has a significant number of new coal mines in development:

Coal capacity under development

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.