[ZeroGravitas]

> Despite these improvements, absolute carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from solar PV manufacturing have almost quadrupled worldwide since 2011 as production in China has expanded.

That would be bad except:

a) production has increased by more than 10x in the same time period.

b) solar panels added to the energy mix pull down the average carbon and quickly pay back their manufacture

which means it's just a sensible investment in an incredibly low carbon and cheap energy source which has gotten even more incredibly low carbon and cheap over time.