China is not trying to change its image (at least not in a real way). It's trying to:
1) solve a real problem with pollution in its own country. Pretty sure its "image" or even the Paris treaty is secondary to that.
2) By pushing for renewable power in its own country, it's essentially funding its own renewable energy industry, which could end-up way ahead of everyone else in the long-term, in both prices and technology.
So it's not about the image, it's about getting ahead through renewable energy and for their elites not having to breathe coal day in and day out in China's largest cities.
1) solve a real problem with pollution in its own country. Pretty sure its "image" or even the Paris treaty is secondary to that.
2) By pushing for renewable power in its own country, it's essentially funding its own renewable energy industry, which could end-up way ahead of everyone else in the long-term, in both prices and technology.
So it's not about the image, it's about getting ahead through renewable energy and for their elites not having to breathe coal day in and day out in China's largest cities.