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Their clean energy industries were always strong and they became multiples stronger.

Their clean energy industries were always strong and they became multiples stronger.

Yeah, as a developing country, there aren't too many explicit goals, explicit requirements for them to live up to. That's sort of a caveat to what I'm about to say. But generally speaking, they're way ahead.

Yeah, as a developing country, there aren't too many explicit goals, explicit requirements for them to live up to. That's sort of a caveat to what I'm about to say. But generally speaking, they're way ahead.

Yeah, as a developing country, there aren't too many explicit goals, explicit requirements for them to live up to. That's sort of a caveat to what I'm about to say. But generally speaking, they're way ahead.

So by those metrics, they're doing great. They're doing much better than people could have imagined they could have done. I mean, I think it's given hope to the idea that the worst effects of climate change can be avoided. Now, the fact is that they need to be doing a lot more if the world is going to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. So China is doing well.

So by those metrics, they're doing great. They're doing much better than people could have imagined they could have done. I mean, I think it's given hope to the idea that the worst effects of climate change can be avoided. Now, the fact is that they need to be doing a lot more if the world is going to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. So China is doing well.

So by those metrics, they're doing great. They're doing much better than people could have imagined they could have done. I mean, I think it's given hope to the idea that the worst effects of climate change can be avoided. Now, the fact is that they need to be doing a lot more if the world is going to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. So China is doing well.

They're not doing nearly enough, but the U.S. isn't doing enough either.

They're not doing nearly enough, but the U.S. isn't doing enough either.

They're not doing nearly enough, but the U.S. isn't doing enough either.

One of the things they point out is that it's the size of China's total emissions, not just this year, but going back all the way to the beginning of the industrial era, are getting close to the size of the emissions of a number of wealthy countries. And so they're saying, look, things are evening out.

One of the things they point out is that it's the size of China's total emissions, not just this year, but going back all the way to the beginning of the industrial era, are getting close to the size of the emissions of a number of wealthy countries. And so they're saying, look, things are evening out.

One of the things they point out is that it's the size of China's total emissions, not just this year, but going back all the way to the beginning of the industrial era, are getting close to the size of the emissions of a number of wealthy countries. And so they're saying, look, things are evening out.

You are such a large emitter of greenhouse gases now that you've got to take some responsibility for that, more responsibility.

You are such a large emitter of greenhouse gases now that you've got to take some responsibility for that, more responsibility.

You are such a large emitter of greenhouse gases now that you've got to take some responsibility for that, more responsibility.

So that is the task at this COP, is to set the target for post-2025 climate finance. And everybody acknowledges, including the donor countries, that the sums that are required to move the developing world to cleaner energy are huge. And people have been talking about multiple trillions of dollars a year.

So that is the task at this COP, is to set the target for post-2025 climate finance. And everybody acknowledges, including the donor countries, that the sums that are required to move the developing world to cleaner energy are huge. And people have been talking about multiple trillions of dollars a year.

So that is the task at this COP, is to set the target for post-2025 climate finance. And everybody acknowledges, including the donor countries, that the sums that are required to move the developing world to cleaner energy are huge. And people have been talking about multiple trillions of dollars a year.