China's green energy revolution

China is installing solar panels and wind turbines so fast that
its greenhouse gases emissions may now have peaked. If this trend
is confirmed, it would be a major milestone in the fight against
climate change because China is the world's largest polluter.


The BBC’s Beijing Correspondent Laura Bicker has travelled across
China to see the country’s clean energy revolution first hand.


She’s visited solar farms in the deserts of Inner Mongolia and in
the tea plantations of Yunnan. Laura even discovered a huge lake
with panels floating on the surface!


But she also saw how China’s addiction to coal is continuing –
with new power plants still being built and many poorer Chinese
needing to burn coal to get through the winter.


In this edition of The Climate Question, Laura chats about her
reporting with hosts Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar. They
discuss whether the world’s biggest polluter is moving fast
enough to meet its green energy targets, and what that means for
China and the rest of the world.


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Presenters: Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar Guest: Laura
Bicker, BBC China Correspondent Producer in China: Joyce Liu
Production Team in London: Simon Watts and Grace Braddock Sound
Mix: Philip Bull and Tom Brignell Editor: Simon Watts


Image: BBC - Solar panels in Yunnan, China