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China’s Clean-Tech Exports Could Offset Brazil’s Annual Fossil-Fuel Emissions

China’s Clean-Tech Exports Could Offset Brazil’s Annual Fossil-Fuel Emissions

China’s clean-technology exports this year could offset emissions equivalent to Brazil’s annual fossil-fuel emissions.

The comparison concerns exports from China and the emissions produced by burning fossil fuels in Brazil.

The estimate highlights China’s role in speeding up the global energy transition.

Clean technologies can support a shift away from fossil fuels, though the figures do not say that Brazil’s emissions will actually be eliminated.

The potential offset is described as equivalent to one country’s yearly emissions.

No details are given about the technologies included or how the comparison was calculated.

The estimate concerns this year, but no further steps or outcomes are specified.

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