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China’s Renewable Boom Spotlighted as IPCC Perseveres Post-US Exit

5/1/2026

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The panel highlighted China’s renewable-energy expansion and its firms’ growing export of clean-technology solutions.
IPCC chair Jim Skea said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change continues after the United States withdrew this year.
About 110 to 120 of the panel’s 195 member countries attend meetings despite the U.S. absence.
The IPCC stays neutral and does not take positions on individual nations.
Skea observed that China’s renewable-energy deployment has global implications.

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Story summary

The panel highlighted China’s renewable-energy expansion and its firms’ growing export of clean-technology solutions.
IPCC chair Jim Skea said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change continues after the United States withdrew this year.
About 110 to 120 of the panel’s 195 member countries attend meetings despite the U.S. absence.
The IPCC stays neutral and does not take positions on individual nations.
Skea observed that China’s renewable-energy deployment has global implications.