The march of the energy transition is a long one, but it has to start somewhere. A few months later, Russia invaded Ukraine; the ensuing energy crisis and inflation kicked climate off of many political agendas. Given this background, it becomes easy to understand how, in this scenario, China has become a global leader in the clean energy transition. “China has often promised little and achieved much,” notes Andreas Sieber, associate director for policy and campaigns for the global climate nonprofit 350.org, suggesting that China might overdeliver. As senior advisor Bernice Lee of the think tank Chatham House notes, China invested $625 billion in the clean energy transition last year alone; that's nearly a third of the gobal total.