The report showed that China commissioned a total of 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal capacity last year, which was equivalent to building more than one large coal plant every week. The rest of the world, on the other hand, commissioned just 11.9 GW. The communist country also proposed more than 73.5 GW of new coal-fired power projects last year, or five times that of all other nations combined. In addition, it has 247 GW of coal power projects under development – a 21 percent increase from 2019 and nearly six times Germany’s entire coal-fired capacity. These figures highlighted the glaring disconnect between China’s recent moves and the rest of the world’s commitment to forestalling an alleged “climate catastrophe.” While Beijing loosened restrictions on coal plant construction to boost its economy after the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic hit, other countries including the United States announced ambitious emission targets and took up initiatives to reduce their reliance on coal-fired power.