China is simultaneously the world's largest user of coal, solar and wind power, all at the same time.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-track-hit-new-...

Clean energy share continues to climb though, and they've also made huge strides in air quality.

India, on the other hand, seems to be going from bad to worse on both fronts.

We need to quit telling ourselves stories, do the math, and find a workable solution that addresses the problem before we reach “too late”

At this point we need to address several problems at once. There’s no one solution and we need to be relatively quick.

Also, Coal is still the low hanging fruit because it produces 20% of emissions. It needs to go to zero as soon as possible.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/its-critical-tackle-coal-...

Maybe gone by 2040?

It's already "too late" for any such solution. We are already at the point where geoengineering is necessary. But of course, environmentalists oppose that too.