Western politicians wanted to emerge from the Glasgow COP26 climate summit with their “green credentials” burnished, proving that they have done everything in their power to prevent a future global temperature rise of more than 1.5C. Climate scientists and developing nations are already doubtful whether the pledges being made go far…
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China releases rare fish into Yangtze River
CHONGQING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese officials and researchers have released 450,000 rare fish into the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the latest effort to restore the river’s ecological environment. The release took place in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and was launched by multiple departments, including the national…
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China & Russia stepped-up energy cooperation
Published 2021/11/30 Photo: Chinese and Russian Presidents at informal meeting, July 2017, prior to G20 meeting. China and Russia have been stepping up energy cooperation during the first nine months of the 2021 year, with bilateral energy trade reaching a new high, and the two sides vowed to further enhance energy…
China-Brazil wind power project enters operation
CGN Brazil Energy Holding Co., a branch of China General Nuclear Power Group, announced its LDB wind power expansion project was completed and put into operation Thursday. The LDB wind power expansion project is located in Lagoa do Barro in northeast Brazil, with a total installed capacity of 82,800 kW….
China’s renewable energy model: sharing it to developing nations
Republished by China Environment from China Dialogue under a Creative Commons licence. Having said it will stop building coal power plants overseas, could China instead export its renewable energy model to developing nations? In Yinchuan, Ningxia province, on the eastern side of the Yellow River, over four million solar panels…
China to crackdown on methane emissions
China will endeavor to draft an action plan for methane emission control during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period and intensify efforts to establish monitoring and accounting systems for the greenhouse gas, an official said at a news conference on Thursday. Lu Xinming, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment’s deputy…
US stirs Solomon Islands ‘colour revolution’ after Pacific nation joins Belt & Road and ends recognition of Taiwan regime
China’s BRI has had success among Pacific countries by providing them with sustainable economic development and helping to reduce poverty. Its success has been due to policy reforms aimed at improving debt sustainability and mitigating social and environmental risks. China has also effectively integrated the BRI with the task of…
Global North CO2 targets entirely inadequate: they must rapidly cut emissions
Introduction The scientific Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year published its key report: “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”. The IPCC report gives various probabilities of hitting the key goal of restricting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, depending on a range of…
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Cuba, China, Latin America and US hybrid war
This analysis by John Ross of the Renmin University of China looks at the long relationship between China and Cuba. He analyzes why it is important to defeat the US attack on Cuba. The article was originally published in Chinese at Guancha.cn. Foreword by China Environment editors Cuba joined Belt and…
China to severely punish environmental law violations in key river basins
BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese courts will boost judicial efforts to combat environmental law violations in the Yellow River and the Yangtze River basins, and strengthen legal accountability and penalties for such activities, according to a press conference on Thursday. The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) launched two documents at…