If we continue to see the private sector as our savior from climate catastrophe, we'll continue to fail.

And the IEA, for its part, expects China to continue to be the sole meaningful over-achiever. It recently revised upwards by 728 GW its forecast for total global renewables capacity additions in the period 2023–27. China’s share of this upward revision? Almost 90 percent. While China surges ahead, the rest of the world remains stuck.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    …as long as it isn’t profitable to solve climate change. And that’s pretty much it. Capitalism is going to be the band playing on the sinking Titanic, except it’s actively drilling more holes in the bottom of the ship.