China makes low-carbon progress through improving energy consumption structure

China's energy consumption structure has made further progress in low-carbon development, according to Chinese Policy and Action for Climate Change Report 2024.

The latest report was released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

In 2023, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption in the country's total energy consumption increased by 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous year, according to the report.

It added that the country saw its installed renewable energy capacity exceeded 1.5 billion kilowatts, accounting for over 50 percent of its total installed power generation capacity.

In the past decade, China has reduced its emissions of sulfur dioxide by 85 percent and nitrogen oxide by 60 percent. Also, the country's carbon intensity has achieved a decrease of over 34 percent, according to the report.

China makes low-carbon progress through improving energy consumption structure

An Iranian military spokesperson said on Friday that Iran is formulating the conditions for ending the ongoing war with Israel and the United States.

The spokesperson also warned the two countries that Iran possesses formidable strength and a decisive advantage on the battlefield, capable of determining the final outcome of the war, and that the United States and Israel will be 'forced' to accept this reality.

The spokesperson noted that the United States and Israel have fully recognized the strength of Iran's armed forces and its people in actual combat, advising them to face the facts and promptly return to reason in a timely manner.

The U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict has lasted a month since the United States and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes against Iran on Feb 28, with Iran responding with a series of attacks on Israeli and U.S. targets across the Middle East.

Iran formulating conditions for ending war with Israel, US: military spokesperson