China’s CO2 Emissions per Unit of GDP Down 17.7% vs 2020

The headline metric is an intensity figure, not an absolute one, so it confirms decarbonization relative to output without settling whether total emissions have peaked — a distinction that matters for anyone tracking China's trajectory against its climate commitments. The non-fossil share and combined wind-and-solar capacity numbers are the more concrete signals of structural change in the energy mix. What's worth watching is whether intensity gains continue to outpace economic growth, since that is what would translate into falling absolute emissions rather than merely slower growth in them.