China’s forest cover has increased from 8.6% in 1949 to 23% in 2020. Reforestation efforts have resulted in a 32% increase in China’s tree cover since 1990. Globally, NASA estimated that China’s programs to conserve and expand its forests contributed about 42% of the total global greening trend it observed…
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Understanding China’s economic miracle
China has recorded the greatest economic growth by a major country in the whole of human history. In parallel, China has produced the most rapid increase in living standards of any major country in human history. A new book China’s Great Road collects together in English a number of analyses…
China signs Agreements with International Renewable Energy body to advance carbon neutrality and market development
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 7, 2021 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and the National Energy Administration of the People’s Republic of China (NEA) have today agreed to work to strengthen cooperation as the world’s largest renewable energy market builds momentum towards the achievement of its carbon neutrality goals. China…
Climate issues are rising in importance for Russia
Russia has been slow to move on climate action – but that is about to change, with the government set to deliver a host of measures on climate change action, with a detailed plan to be published by October 2021. After seven years of sanctions and accusations of malign activities…
The China fir and the Plantation Age – environmental history
Centuries before sugar planting spread across the Atlantic, tea and trees were in widespread cultivation in China. China is often left out of the story of the age of plantations, yet it deserves to be included. Long before sugar planting spread across the Atlantic, tea and mulberry trees were in…
Greening plan to advance in scientific way
Photo: Forests and grassland now cover the once barren mountains and hills of Youyu county, Shanxi. China will make crucial adjustments to its greening plan in the next five years, aiming to achieve high-quality greening nationwide and guide related work more scientifically, authorities revealed on Monday. The State Council recently…
Governance in China: A socialist market economy with strong State capacity
“China will continuously work on striking a balance between developing its economy and promoting energy conservation and emissions reductions by rolling out more detailed plans and policies to guide targeted industries and enterprises and progressing in adopting and developing clean energy.“ The market economy is mainly reflected in what role…
The Rush Towards Carbon Sequestration – Markets or Command and Control?
The 2021 Dasgupta Report provides a much-needed roadmap to correct flawed economic tools by valuing Nature as an asset. A test of whether markets will follow this roadmap involves quickly expanding voluntary carbon sequestration markets. Editor’s Note: Fundamentally, the Dasgupta Review develops the economics of biodiversity on the understanding that…
Ecological civilization: A new development paradigm
By Pan Jiahua, Professor of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences University, with assistance from Yang Xinran. Almost every strategic study on environment and development solicited by the Chinese government refers to ‘ecological civilization’. Successive presidents have connected their names to it. The simplest interpretation of this term has been…
China’s resolve to address climate change
At the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September last year, China announced that it would aim to achieve peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. This is a major strategic decision made by the Communist Party of China to…