#11: China’s Coal Capital Pioneers the Nation’s First “Zero-Carbon Village”

Local governments race toward decarbonizing rural villages. Can these initiatives lead to lasting change?

In this week’s newsletter, I invited Yibo Sun, a program manager for Manila-based non-profit People’s Asia for Climate Solution (PACS), to share his insights from visiting a “Zero Carbon Village” in China’s coal capital, Shanxi.

China, home to 43% of the world’s solar capacity, continues to expand its solar infrastructure at an unprecedented rate. Last y…