Demand for thermal coal used by the power sector was supported by low rainfall in the south of China, which saw output from hydropower facilities in provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan slide.
Coal use leads to droughts, which reduces Hydro performance, which leads to greater coal use…
Sanctions can only do so much. Coal can come from almost anywhere, including China itself.
Sure, but it least we would not contribute to what China is doing. And they don’t have enough, otherwise the wouldn’t import so much.
I also want to say that even though China is quite bad at that they’re by far not the only bad actor.
China produces the most carbon emissions of any other country and it’s due to their coal mining
Everything we do to curb global warming, China just negates all of that work