China's Emissions Data Hides a Germany-Sized Gap

China has quietly changed the methodology it uses to measure its core carbon emissions target, and independent analysis shows the recalculation effectively erases a volume of emissions equivalent to Germany's entire annual output. The move makes China's climate progress look better on paper without requiring any actual reduction in pollution. The findings, published by Carbon Brief and the Financial Times, raise serious questions about the integrity of global climate accounting ahead of COP.