Anika Patel

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NEW - In today's @carbonbrief China Briefing: ⚛️ China joins pledge to triple nuclear 💭 Govt starts hydrogen price pilot 📝 Five-year plan finalised 🛢️ War on Iran could pressure Chinese industry 🧑‍⚖️ What the new environment code means for climate Read more in today's edition ⬇️

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NEW- Regional shifts in 🇨🇳 coal mining is limiting methane emissions, @BobingQ writes for @CarbonBrief Mining is increasingly in north/northwest mines with lower gas content. Methane emissions are up in these provinces, but falling in many others. Link to the article below ⬇️

That's my current mental taxonomy for China's industrial exposure to the Hormuz closure. tl;dr: Low risk for refined fuels, moderate concern warranted re: methanol, and major supply/price risk for naphtha, LPG, and sulfur. Learned a lot putting this together. Hope it's helpful!

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NEW - @CarbonBrief's mega-analysis of China's new five-year plan just dropped! We dig into what it means for carbon emissions, renewable energy, cleantech competition, critical minerals & more To find out everything you need to know about the new policy, click the link below ⬇️

We’re often asked: Why are Chinese EVs so cheap? Comparing costs between Western and Chinese automakers in China shows that subsidies matter, but they’re only part of the story: rhg.com/research/why-a…

Two Chinese robot companies—Unitree and Agibot—each manufactured over 5,000 humanoid robots last year. “China is running the EV playbook on humanoid robots — and it’s working” by @kinlinglo: restofworld.org/2026/china-hum…

NEW – G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025 | @MollyLempriere Read here: buff.ly/3JjeVjN

Many thanks to @LiShuo_GP, @ShenXinyi313, @huminchina, @YanQinyq, @SinoAutoInsight, @water_futures, @CeciliaTrasi, @yixiansun and others for their insights!

What are the key climate topics to watch in China in 2026? I asked top experts what they're keeping an eye on in the year ahead. They flagged: 🎯 New targets ⚡️ Clean power 🚗 EVs 💵 Finance 🚢 Trade tensions And much more! Read their responses here ⬇️ carbonbrief.org/experts-what-t…

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been chosen as the new Section Editor (China) at @CarbonBrief! I look forward to guiding the next phase of our China content. As always, please do reach out with your new reports, papers or interesting nuggets of information!

@DrSimEvans @CarbonBrief Thanks Simon! Excited to see where we take our China content next!

I'm delighted to announce that @_AN_Patel is our new @CarbonBrief Section Editor (China), stepping up from her previous role as China Analyst Congrats Anika!

NEW: Climate expert @weilagong explains the vital role local Chinese bureaucrats play in helping shape green policy She explains what motivates them, how they push through new ideas and how they ensure these new systems last Read more in @CarbonBrief ⬇️ carbonbrief.org/interview-how-…

What will drive Chinese power consumption *growth* in the coming 5 years? According to State Grid ERI: 21.4% computing infrastructure 8.6% EV charging 11% hydrogen electrolysis Total: 41% "new industries" The other 59% is traditional industry, households etc. 🧵

NEW: In the past 2 weeks, 🇨🇳 🤝 set up a new critical minerals alliance 🌡️ saw coal power rise after heatwaves 💰 confirmed expansion of its carbon market Plus, a rundown of China's actions at COP30 All that + more in my @CarbonBrief China Briefing ⬇️ carbonbrief.org/china-briefing…

At the same time, the consensus at COP30 seemed to be that the economic benefits of the energy transition - not multilateral climate agreements - are now what will be driving climate ambition worldwide. As such, China will be at the forefront of climate action for some time yet.

China pushed for developed countries to give more ground on finance. That didn't quite happen, but it had other wins: 🌐 Successful negotiations, despite no US 🚢 Unilateral trade measures in final text ⛰️ Critical minerals NOT in JTWP ⚡ Fossil fuels NOT in final text

OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief Our 20k word explainer breaks down: 🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push? 💰 Who got what on climate finance? 🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader? Find out ⬇️ carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-outc…