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.
I mean, does it count to be ‘stuck’ if you simply aren’t trying?
Because that’s what it seems like the rest of the world is doing. They aren’t even trying. Not even a little. Just more technocratic discussions on what trying might look like.
“Trying” isn’t really a thing on a national scale. What countries do and how they react just depends on their economic system / mode of production.
Capitalist countries, on account of being capitalist, can never really tackle climate change. China’s the only major country taking this seriously because a socialist nation doesn’t need the profit motive that’s required under capitalism.
As with most things, the answer is revolution.