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💨📈Haikou, a southern capital that usually has relatively good air quality, saw notable YoY rises in both PM2.5 and ozone, mainly driven by higher emissions
🇨🇳 NEW | #China #AirQuality Trends | May 2026 | EN & CN
📈⚠️Provincial capitals failing to meet China's new annual PM2.5 standard rose sharply from 6 at end of February to 18 by end of March, and remained high at 16 by end of May
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💨📉Lower emissions were the main driver of PM2.5 and NO₂ reductions
💨📉Zhengzhou and Shijiazhuang saw notable improvements, despite still ranking among the 10 provincial capitals with highest PM2.5
📉🌦️The PM2.5 decline was driven by weather conditions and lower emissions, with emission reductions playing the larger role
🇨🇳 CREA's May 2026 China Air Quality Trends is now available in EN & CN👇
energyandcleanair.org/china-air-quality-trends-may-2026-snapshot/
*Image: Xinhua/Alami
💨❌ Non-compliant cities were concentrated not only in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region but also across parts of the Northeast and Northwest
💨📉PM2.5 levels rose YoY in only two provincial capitals in May, down sharply from 18 in March
🇨🇳📰 NEW | Analysis: China’s new carbon metric leaves Germany-sized gap in its emissions
The new carbon intensity metric implies China’s emissions only rose 7% from 2020-25, half the rise shown by previous statistics 🧵⤵️
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🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: China’s CO2 climbs 2% in early 2026 due to ‘wasted’ wind & solar
China used more coal & gas to generate power than one year earlier, despite record amounts of new wind & solar capacity
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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💨⚠️Several capitals faced multi-pollutant pressure in May, with Lanzhou, Taiyuan, Tianjin, and Beijing ranking high across multiple pollutants
💨⚠️Lanzhou had both the highest PM2.5 and one of the highest NO₂ levels; Taiyuan ranked among the top cities for both ozone and NO₂
