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 cooperation in sectors like oil Continue reading

Published 2021/11/08 A week before the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in October-November 2021 , China submitted its climate targets and implementation plans to the UN. (Plan available at http://www.scio.gov.cn/…/Document/1715506/1715506.htm) China aims to reach CO2 emissions peak by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Many people, however, remain skeptical about whether China Continue reading

Published 2021/10/22 China’s government said energy-intensive industries like steel, aluminium, cement and oil refining should ensure that more than 30 per cent of their production capacity meets tighter energy efficiency standards by 2025. The goals, published on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), have been set to put China on track Continue reading

Published 2021/10/13 Joint statement by the Peoples Republic of China and the Russian Federation The Russian Federation and China reaffirm their conviction that the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (BWC) is essential as a pillar of the international peace and Continue reading

CHALLENGING THE US “RULES-BASED ORDER” Published 2021/08/26 The following article from the Monthly Review elaborates on how Chinese socialism is challenging the US-controlled “rules-based order”, and how in the process is transforming the world as we know it. In the global battle for ecological survival and equity, China has increasingly emerged as the international leader Continue reading

Published 2021/07/14 INTRODUCTION BY CHINA ENVIRONMENT NEWS: The author, Roland Boer, is a Professor of Marxist philosophy in the School of Marxism at Dalian University of Technology in China, and a member of the Communist Party of Australia. He lives in China and is fluent in Mandarin. Earlier, he taught at Renmin University of China and in Continue reading

Published 2021/06/11 In September 2019, China released an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares over the next five years. Under the plan by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, a comprehensive protection program will cover all of the country’s Continue reading

Published 2021/05/29 The Western media’s focus on China as “the world’s worst polluter” is devious and dishonest. The purpose of this article is to present the facts. Below China Environment News compares the West as a geopolitical bloc and compares it with China in respect to climate change. When this is done, the basis of a very Continue reading

Published 2021/05/27 The concept of ecological civilisation serves as a guide for China’s fast-track endeavour to tackle the challenges facing its environment and ecosystems, respond to the public’s aspirations for a pleasant and eco-friendly living environment and promote sustainable development in a balanced manner. It lends an ideological impetus to China’s active involvement in global Continue reading

Published 2021/05/26 President Xi Jinping said that China has decided to accept the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on 16 April 2021. The announcement came as part of Xi’s conversation with Chancellor Merkel of Germany and President Macron of France. It is seen as a major global Continue reading

Published 2021/05/26 The notion of ecological civilization has become central to Chinese efforts to confront and deal with environmental problems. Here, Professor Arran Gare argues that the notion of ecological civilization “establishes a tradition of socialist thought that now has the potential to challenge and replace global capitalism.” However, ecological civilization is characterized by its Continue reading

Published 2021/09/27 The Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, in June 1972, was the first major United Nations event featuring the People’s Republic of China. It helped shaped the country’s understanding of environmental issues ever since. UN Convention on Biological DiversityChina is set to host a major UN environmental conference, after a delay of more Continue reading

Published 2021/05/25 Measuring CO2 emissions solely against production unfair for developing countries. Calculating CO2 emissions solely on the basis of production “disproportionately” penalizes developing countries which quite naturally have a higher carbon content in their economic structures, a renowned U.S. expert has said. “What I am hoping for rather is consumption-based accounting of emissions also Continue reading