The climate risks of China's Belt and Road Initiative - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The climate risks of China's Belt and Road Initiative - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Evidence of the environmental harm the Chinese government wreaks beyond its borders via the Belt and Road Initiative abounds. China has long been the world’s largest exporter of coal power equipment. Chinese banks are financing more than 70 percent of all coal plants outside of China, with Chinese firms constructing many of them, including in countries like Egypt and Pakistan that previously burned little to no coal.