Overview
- Third-quarter emissions were unchanged year on year, extending an 18‑month stretch of flat or falling output, with September down about 3% from a year earlier.
- Electricity demand rose 6.1% in Q3, and low‑carbon sources supplied roughly 90% of the increase, keeping power‑sector emissions steady.
- Solar generation jumped about 46% and wind 11% in Q3, while China built roughly 240 GW of new solar and 61 GW of wind capacity in the first nine months of 2025.
- Transport emissions fell around 5% and cement and steel declined, but plastics and chemicals rose roughly 10% as plastic production grew about 12% year to date.
- Beijing pledged a 7%–10% economy‑wide cut by 2035 from the eventual peak and is on track to miss its 2020–25 carbon‑intensity target, putting weight on the 15th Five‑Year Plan.