🇨🇳 CREA's China H1 2026 Air quality review is now available in EN & CN👇 energyandcleanair.org/china-h1-2026-air-quality-review/ *Image: Xinhua/ Alamy

💨⚠️Under the new 30 µg/m³ benchmark, 18 out of 31 provincial capitals exceeded the standard in H1 2026, compared with 11 that exceeded the previous 35 µg/m³ benchmark in 2025

📉🛳️ Urban NO2 pollution levels fell 7% drop in Q2, after the Strait of Hormuz disruptions led to fuel price hikes and increases in EV usage, public transport, and car sharing

🪨💨Coal-related activity remains a major pressure on PM2.5, especially now that earlier end-of-pipe control gains have narrowed

📉⚠️PM2.5 continued to decline after 2023, but the pace of improvement has slowed sharply compared with the earlier clean-air campaign period

🇨🇳 NEW | #China H1 2026 #Airquality review| EN & CN #EV-related oil cuts drove China’s clean air progress in H1 after #Hormuz disruption 🧵⤵️

🇮🇳 NEW | India's coal-fired power plants exempt from FGD systems emit 81% of power sector-generated #SO2 within 300km of Delhi-NCR energyandcleanair.org/publication/exempted-but-emitting-the-largest-so2-sources-around-delhi-ncr-continue-operating-without-control-technology @manojkumarnr.bsky.social

🇷🇺 CREA’s monthly analysis on fossil fuel exports from Russia is now available here in EN & 🇺🇦 UA soon to follow: energyandcleanair.org/june-2026-mo... Find all related CREA data here: energyandcleanair.org/financing-pu... #FinancingPutinsWar #StandWithUkraine

🏴‍☠️ As flag registries crack down on Russia's ‘shadow’ fleet, vessels are simply shifting to new jurisdictions rather than leaving the trade 🇷🇺 Russia's own registry is also expanding rapidly, with sanctioned tankers flying the Russian flag increasing from 125 at the end of 2024 to 219 by June 2026

🇨🇲 Cameroon became 2nd-largest flag registry for sanctioned Russian tankers before government action cut total from peak of 143 vessels to 116 by end of June 🏴‍☠️ Most deregistered vessels have not found new flag, with only handful re-registering as Equatorial Guinea & Sierra Leone

🚢 In June 2026, 54% of Russia's seaborne oil was transported by sanctioned ‘shadow’ tankers; G7+ tankers carried 43% of total volumes 🏴‍☠️ ⚠️ 45 ‘shadow’ tankers operated under false flags; 13 switched between Russian & Iranian oil trades 🚨 3 'Shadow' tankers were detained

🚨 🚢 Despite the EU's ban on oil products made from Russian crude, 8 shipments from refineries processing Russian crude were still unloaded at EU ports in June 💡 ⚠️ Half originated in Turkiye, with remainder departing from India & Georgia, underscoring need for stronger enforcement of the ban

In June 2026, the top EU importers were: 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇫🇷 France 🇪🇸 Spain 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇰 Slovakia 📊 The five largest EU importers purchased EUR 861 mn of Russian LNG and EUR 1.7 bn of Russian fossil fuels in total

In June 2026, the top importers of RU fossil fuels were: 🇨🇳 China 🇮🇳 India 🇹🇷 Turkiye 🇪🇺 EU 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

💥 In June 2026, Ukraine's sustained drone strikes on Russian refineries pushed June seaborne oil product loadings down 21% month-on-month to record low, contributing to domestic fuel shortages w/ @economist.com www.economist.com/interactive/...

📊 In June 2026, Russia’s fossil fuel export revenues fell 1% month-on-month (MoM) to EUR 734 mn/day even as export volumes rose 7% 📉 Russia's crude oil export revenues fell 8% MoM despite export volumes rising 14%, driven by 68% surge in loadings at Novorossiysk that offset declines at Baltic ports

🇮🇳 NEW | INSIGHTS: El Niño power demand could drive nearly 18 TWh of additional coal burn within year ⚠️ Wind & hydro power will be down while heat will drive up demand for air conditioning, release est. 17 mn tonnes of CO2 ☀️ Another way? Solar power👇 energyandcleanair.org/energy-syste...

🇮🇩 NEW | BRIEFING: #Indonesia’s #aluminium downstreaming is set to be powered with 9.8 GW of #CaptiveCoal power capacity, repeating the lock-in legacy of #nickel energyandcleanair.org/publication/...

🇨🇳 🏛️ NEW | INSIGHTS: China’s new plan for a new-type energy system during 15th Five-Year Plan sends signal about expansion of clean energy, but targets would have to be exceeded by wide margin to keep China on track for energy transition & climate pledges👇 energyandcleanair.org/chinas-new-e...

🇨🇳 CREA's May 2026 China Energy and Emissions Trends is now available in EN & CN👇 energyandcleanair.org/china-energy-and-emissions-trends-may-2026-snapshot/ *Image: Xinhua/ Alamy

🚗📈NEVs continued to outperform the broader auto sector share of total vehicle production rose to 57% & exports more than doubled to a record high. Fuel-burning vehicle production fell sharply by 22%

☀️📉Solar cell production fell by 20.4% YoY, reflecting weaker domestic installations 🔋📈Battery output remained strong in May, rising 55.2% YoY, supported by energy storage demand and exports

🏗️📉 Industrial value-added growth rebounded modestly in May but remained weak, with steel and cement output continuing to fall YoY

🛢️📉 The Strait of Hormuz's shipping disruptions continued to weigh on China's energy imports: crude oil fell 29% YoY, while coal fell 7.7%. Refiners are increasingly drawing on their own inventories to keep running

🔥📈Thermal power commissioning in the first four months of 2026 surged by 116% YoY ☀️🍃Solar power capacity additions fell by 52% YoY due to the high base in the same period last year, while wind power additions rose by 6.5%

🇨🇳 NEW | #China #Energy and #Emissions Trends – May 2026 snapshot | EN & CN 🪨📈 Fossil power generation rose 2% YoY, with curtailment possibly playing a role but weak wind as the key driver and likely to reverse quickly

🚫The UK’s May 2026 ban on oil products made from Russian crude leaves out jet fuel and diesel, which make up 99% of such imports

🌍 An oil prices spike after disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz has prompted a rethink of the maritime services ban on Russian oil to ensure global supplies

⛓️ 2 Russian ‘shadow’ tankers were detained in May, compared with only 1 in April 🚢In May 2026, 48% of Russia’s seaborne oil was transported by ‘shadow’ tankers under sanctions, marking a marginal MoM decrease

⚠️ 🚢 Despite the EU’s ban on oil products made from Russian crude, 10 shipments were still unloaded at EU ports from refineries running on Russian crude, 2 more than in April 🕵️ Six of these shipments departed from Turkiye’s refineries and three from Georgia