China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expand

Five years after pledging to stop funding overseas coal projects, China faces scrutiny as loopholes allow coal expansion to continue. The country had previously promised the United Nations it would end such financing.
It has been five years since China promised the United Nations to stop funding overseas coal projects
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