China Delays Peak Steel Emissions Point

China has scrapped an ambitious push for its steel industry to peak carbon emissions by 2025, pushing the deadline back five years in final guidelines published this week, Caixin reported.

The steel sector — the country’s second-largest industrial carbon emitter — will now have until 2030 to reach a peak of those emissions, in line with China’s broader national target.

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.