• Ma Jun: ‘No business interest’ in Chinese coal power due to cheaper renewables Anika Patel 02.19.26Anika Patel 19.02.2026 | 12:41pmOpen and transparent data can accelerate the decarbonisation of China’s industries and boost public interest in climate change, says Ma Jun. • Ma - one of China’s most recognisable environmental activists - says that early experiments with publishing real-time air quality data have paved the way for greater openness from the Chinese government towards publishing greenhouse gas emissions data. • However, he tells Carbon Brief in a wide-ranging interview, more needs to be done to encourage “multi-stakeholder” participation in climate efforts and to improve corporate emissions disclosure. • He also notes that China faces significant “challenges” in reducing emissions from “hard-to-abate” sectors, where companies struggle to find consumers willing to pay a “green premium” for low-carbon versions of their products. • Ma is the founder and director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), a Beijing-based NGO focused on environmental information disclosure and public participation. • The IPE is most well-known for developing the Blue Map, China’s first public database for environment data.

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  • Ma Jun: ‘No business interest’ in Chinese coal power due to cheaper renewables Anika Patel 02.19.26Anika Patel 19.02.2026 | 12:41pmOpen and transparent data can accelerate the decarbonisation of China’s industries and boost public interest in climate change, says Ma Jun. Ma - one of China’s most recognisable environmental activists - says that early experiments with publishing real-time air quality data have paved the way for greater openness from the Chinese government towards publishing greenhouse gas emissions data. However, he tells Carbon Brief in a wide-ranging interview, more needs to b

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