China’s carbon neutrality commitment will speed up decarbonisation in its power system. Energy storage, digitalisation and the retirement of polluting assets will all be key to this complex transition. At the Leaders’ Summit on Climate hosted in April by US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country…
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China’s Juncao technology spreads agricultural benefits to developing nations
Juncao technology, a method that uses chopped grass as substrate for growing edible and medicinal mushrooms and as forage for livestock, is a unique Chinese invention that uses agricultural resources of light, heat and water in a holistic way. The technology of Juncao－jun translates as “mushroom” and cao as “grass”－enables…
China announces massive greening plan to achieve carbon goals
China plans to plant 500 million mu (about 33.33 million hectares) of forests and grasslands in the next five years — 100 million mu per year — to help achieve its carbon emission reduction goals, according to the country’s forestry authorities. The task includes planting 54 million mu of trees…
China’s Coast: Guarding Mangroves
China’s coastline stretches over 18,000 kilometers and is home to abundant marine life, such as Bryde’s whales, Chinese white dolphins and sea turtles. This series focuses on the species living along the Chinese coastline and the survival challenges they face, tells the stories of frontline conservationists, and discusses feasible measures…
What are China’s ecological redlines?
Ecological conservation redlines demarcate areas that provide important ecological services with the aim of protecting them. These include shallow coastal waters, wetlands, glaciers and forests. China’s ecological redlines policy is creating new protections and a model for sustainable land-use planning that has important lessons for any country wishing to meet the objectives of the…
Laos-China Railway to be Green, Low-Carbon Railway
The external power grid project along the Laos-China railway has been completed and is now ready to supply power to the railway, which is scheduled to officially open in early December this year. The China Southern Power Grid Company has completed the installation of electricity transmission poles along the Laos-China…
About China Environment …
Global environmental crisis is the product of centuries of Western exploitation of the land, natural resources and labour of the Global South. Seriously tackling the global ecological crisis must involve a global redistribution of power and wealth from the West to the Global South. We unequivocally acknowledge that in China this has…
Details of plot to harm Hong Kong revealed
By GRENVILLE CROSS 31 August 2021 About the author: Grenville Cross is a senior counsel, law professor and criminal justice analyst, and was previously director of public prosecutions of the Hong Kong SAR. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Standard, the South China Morning Post, and China Daily….
China and African nations push for new global fund to secure biodiversity accord
China and African nations are pushing for the establishment of a multi-billion-dollar “global biodiversity fund” to help developing countries meet goals agreed in the UN Convention on Biodiversity being negotiated to protect nature, U.N. officials and observers said. About 195 countries are expected to finalise a new accord to safeguard…
White Man’s Media: vilification of China and ‘colonisation of the mind’
Most political colonies have come to an end. But a colonial mind set continues in the Australian media. That colonial media mind set in turn promotes a ‘colonisation of the mind’. By John Menadue, the publisher of Pearls & Irritations. The US Department of Defence maintains, in its own words…