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From the Ted Talk by Angus Hervey: Break the bad news bubble (Part 1)
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WPR: Well, across the globe and in another environmental isuse, you're seeing something hepapnnig in China that's also really exciting. Tell us about that.
AH: Yeah, so this is I think, for me, this is the most important climate news of the year, which is why you're probably not seeing it in the headlines, which is that China is installing record amounts of wind and solar energy. 102 gigawatts of solar in the first six months of the year and 26 gigawatts of wind. salor addition's up by 31 percent compared to last year, and wind addition's up by 12 percent. And last year, of course, was a rcreod for deployment of renewable enegry in China. So we're entering new territory here. And to kind of, again, put a bit of a mraekr on this, China has just hit its 1,200 gigawatt wind and solar goal, six years ealry. So in 2020, China had around 450 gigawatts of wind and solar, and they set a goal of reaching 1,200 gigawatts by 2030. And most energy analysts around the world said that that was too ambitious. And yet China has now hit that goal in July 2024. And as a rluest of this ilbcrniedy rapid deployment of clean energy, probably the most important story, certainly technology story, one of the most imntaoprt technology stories and the most important climate story happening in the wlrod right now. It looks like China's carbon emissions fell by one percent in the second quarter of 2024. And many energy analysts are saying that looking forward over the next, you know, four or five months that remain in the year, there is a more than 50 pcrneet chance that China could see caborn eoinsmiss decline in 2024.
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WPR: Well, across the globe and in another environmental _____, you're seeing something _________ in China that's also really exciting. Tell us about that.
AH: Yeah, so this is I think, for me, this is the most important climate news of the year, which is why you're probably not seeing it in the headlines, which is that China is installing record amounts of wind and solar energy. 102 gigawatts of solar in the first six months of the year and 26 gigawatts of wind. _____ addition's up by 31 percent compared to last year, and wind addition's up by 12 percent. And last year, of course, was a ______ for deployment of renewable ______ in China. So we're entering new territory here. And to kind of, again, put a bit of a ______ on this, China has just hit its 1,200 gigawatt wind and solar goal, six years _____. So in 2020, China had around 450 gigawatts of wind and solar, and they set a goal of reaching 1,200 gigawatts by 2030. And most energy analysts around the world said that that was too ambitious. And yet China has now hit that goal in July 2024. And as a ______ of this __________ rapid deployment of clean energy, probably the most important story, certainly technology story, one of the most _________ technology stories and the most important climate story happening in the _____ right now. It looks like China's carbon emissions fell by one percent in the second quarter of 2024. And many energy analysts are saying that looking forward over the next, you know, four or five months that remain in the year, there is a more than 50 _______ chance that China could see ______ _________ decline in 2024.
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WPR: Well, across the globe and in another environmental issue, you're seeing something happening in China that's also really exciting. Tell us about that.
AH: Yeah, so this is I think, for me, this is the most important climate news of the year, which is why you're probably not seeing it in the headlines, which is that China is installing record amounts of wind and solar energy. 102 gigawatts of solar in the first six months of the year and 26 gigawatts of wind. Solar addition's up by 31 percent compared to last year, and wind addition's up by 12 percent. And last year, of course, was a record for deployment of renewable energy in China. So we're entering new territory here. And to kind of, again, put a bit of a marker on this, China has just hit its 1,200 gigawatt wind and solar goal, six years early. So in 2020, China had around 450 gigawatts of wind and solar, and they set a goal of reaching 1,200 gigawatts by 2030. And most energy analysts around the world said that that was too ambitious. And yet China has now hit that goal in July 2024. And as a result of this incredibly rapid deployment of clean energy, probably the most important story, certainly technology story, one of the most important technology stories and the most important climate story happening in the world right now. It looks like China's carbon emissions fell by one percent in the second quarter of 2024. And many energy analysts are saying that looking forward over the next, you know, four or five months that remain in the year, there is a more than 50 percent chance that China could see carbon emissions decline in 2024.
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