{"id":49389,"date":"2023-10-27T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=49389"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:58:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T15:58:32","slug":"china-objects-to-un-fund-warnings-on-solars-forced-labour-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/10\/27\/china-objects-to-un-fund-warnings-on-solars-forced-labour-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"China objects to UN fund warnings on solar’s forced labour risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

China has opposed green projects b<\/strong>y the UN’s flagship climate fund because their documents mentioned the risk of forced labour in the Chinese-dominated supply chains of solar panels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At a meeting<\/a> of the Green Climate Fund<\/a> (GCF), China’s board representative Yingzhi Liu objected to six projects because their risk assessments highlighted the potential of forced labour use in the production of solar panels.<\/p>\n

The programmes, which included efforts to help vulnerable communities in Sierra Leone, Benin and Laos cope with the impact of climate change, were eventually approved following a majority vote.<\/p>\n

China manufactures four-fifths of all the world’s solar panels, having a near-total monopoly<\/a> over the production of some silicon parts which form the core of solar cells.<\/p>\n