China is good at smooth talking but they're bigger polluters than anyone. But end of the day, the problem is structural. All power is either direct military power or is the threat of military power, and modern militaries run on hydrocarbons. It's not just the jets, ships and tanks, but the factories backing them up.

That's why you have "economy smaller than Italy" Russia which cannot be ousted from Ukraine.

Decarbonization is basically the geopolitical equivalent of a poison pill. Everybody's talking about it because everybody wants the other guy to take it - so that they can pick his pocket while he's knocked out.

The US wants to make Europe into an obedient little colony like Canada, Russia wants to run Europe into a wall so the EU will collapse and they can bully each country individually, so they're both encouraging Europe to take the pill.