89% of the additional greenhouse gases came from just 2 countries, China, which alone accounted for 69% of the increase, and India. Emissions from the EU, Japan and US fell, and by 2018 were lower than they were in the 1990s.

Yes, China’s fossil fuel use is astronomical, but it’s also the world’s largest installer of renewable power - by some distance - and it's set to go much bigger. The country is leading the way in other clean energy technologies and the scale of its carbon-cutting plans has taken many by surprise.