Shanghai enacted strict green policies on Monday limiting disposable takeaway utensils and hotel room essentials, as it rolls out a recycling overhaul to become a leader in clean technology.
The latest report by the UN's renewable energy advisory body, REN21, shows China led renewable energy investment worldwide for the seventh successive year, contributing to almost a third of global investment in renewables in 2018 at $130.2 billion.
Overseas Development Institute research fellow Ipek Gencsu says China cannot be considered a “green superpower” as the country spends $9.5 billion per year on the international coal industry, and this money could instead be spent on “clean technologies”.