The rising losses stem from China’s vulnerability to climate change, with higher temperatures magnifying the intensity of storms and rainfall saturating cities on its long coast

China dominates the production and take-up of world turbine production, with Western firms delivering just 13% of world orders

Since last year, multiple reports have raised concerns about the authenticity and integrity of oil firms' emissions reduction projects in China — which in one case was actually chicken farm, according to a whistleblower

The country’s energy regulator has overseen the installation of 1,200 gigawatts of wind and solar power six years ahead of schedule

That was nearly as much as the climate change-related losses China suffered in the first six months of the year combined