Citicore Renewable Energy's solar farm at Arayat in the Philippines relies on panels supplied by China, the world's "clean energy factory" but also the top emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo by Ramon Royandoyan)

Climate action vacuum looms over COP30 while China dominates clean energy tech

Beijing leads in exporting solar panels, EVs, wind turbines, but not in setting agenda on global warming

SHOTARO TANI and RAMON ROYANDOYAN

November 7, 2025 06:00 JST

TOKYO/ARAYAT, Philippines -- Nearly 18,000 kilometers from the sleepy town of Arayat in the Philippines, the United Nations' annual climate change conference is about to descend on the city of Belem, deep in the Amazonian heartland of Brazil.