A report from the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air suggests that China revised its carbon calculation methodology, effectively cutting reported emissions growth from 14% to 7% between 2020 and 2025. These changes involve how industrial process emissions and non-energy fossil fuel uses are tracked. Critics argue these adjustments make it harder to verify progress toward 2030 climate commitments. The shift in metrics could obscure the actual scale of emissions growth, complicating global efforts to track accountability in the world's largest emitter.
