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Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Qatar to join SCO
Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Qatar join Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as ‘Dialogue Partners’ Published 2022/10/06 Middle East Briefing reports: Egypt and Qatar have been granted Dialogue Partner status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following the admission procedure launched in September 2021 at the Dushanbe summit. “On September 14, 2022, in Tashkent, in preparation for the… Continue reading
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World’s top 10 EV battery makes all Asian
Published 2022/10/06 The global electric vehicle (EV) battery market is expected to grow from $17 billion to more than $95 billion between 2019 and 2028. With increasing demand to decarbonize the transportation sector, companies producing the batteries that power EVs have seen substantial momentum. The Elements website has updated its previous graphic of the top 10 EV battery manufacturers, showing the… Continue reading
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Should developed nations pay reparations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change?
Published 2022/10/01 At the last UN climate summit in 2021, COP26 in Glasgow, a group of largely developing nations representing six out of every seven people in the world called for developed countries to commit to pledging funds for loss and damage. However, this call faced opposition from large Western economies particularly the US and… Continue reading
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China’s new solar semi-satellite drone
In a big step toward green development, China has built its first solar-powered large unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone successfully carried out its maiden flight on Saturday. It took off from an airport in Yulin, northwest China’s Shaanxi province and landed smoothly after 26 minutes airborne with all systems operating normally, according to a report… Continue reading
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China’s first solar-powered, semi-satellite drone
Why China’s first solar-powered, semi-satellite drone is a big deal Published 2022/09/13 In a big step toward green development, China has built its first solar-powered large unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone successfully carried out its maiden flight on Saturday. It took off from an airport in Yulin, northwest China’s Shaanxi province and landed smoothly after… Continue reading
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Europe’s self made energy crisis
Mercouris looks at how Europe got to where it is – in a severe “energy crisis”. The sanctions imposed by the collective West on Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, have sparked a severe energy crisis in Europe which has spilled over to the global economy and global environment. The US-NATO moves may well have… Continue reading
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End of Russian gas no help to EU climate
The EU should have been better prepared for its green energy transition, the Russian president says. The EU’s decision to slash natural gas imports while trying to reach climate goals was a mistake, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday during an environmental forum in Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East. “First, they (EU) jumped ahead, and… Continue reading
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Pakistan demands climate reparations
First world countries are the main polluters, but it’s the poor who foot the bill, the Pakistan climate minister said. Pakistan’s minister for climate change described global warming as “the existential crisis,” adding that Pakistan has contributed less than 1% to greenhouse gas emissions. She also accused the first world countries of breaking their promises… Continue reading
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China to maintain climate change strategy
The English-language website of China News Service reports: – China’s special envoy for climate change, Xie Zhenhua, speaking at an official forum on 30 August in Beijing, that China will maintain its climate change strategy and continue to promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. Xie Zhenhua was formerly Vice Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform… Continue reading
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Security agencies control US social media
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova published a post on her Telegram channel which claimed FBI and other US security agencies secretly control American social media giants. The claim follows a recent interview with Mark Zuckerberg, in which the Facebook CEO acknowledged such influence in recent appearance on The Joe Rogan podcast. “if the FBI… Continue reading
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China chairs Biodiversity Convention on
China currently holds the rotating Presidency of the Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). This is the first time China has overseen a major UN intergovernmental negotiation on the environment. The first meeting in the current round of Conference of Parties (COP15) of the CBD was officially opened by China in… Continue reading
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Why is biodiversity important?
History of the Convention on Biological Diversity Published 2022/08/26 The fate of humanity is inextricably linked to that of the rest of nature. In 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) made this clear when it warned that nature loss is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, with grave impacts for human… Continue reading
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China Policies & Actions on Climate
In November 2019 the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China published a report titled China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change. The stated aim of the report was to help “interested people fully understand China’s policies and actions, and their performance and effects in addressing climate change.” That report… Continue reading
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Extreme heat and global climate
China recently braved its strongest heatwave. Europe is also suffering from heatwaves and the worst drought in 500 years. What’s behind the high temperatures? And what does this extreme heat tell us about global climate change? What is going to be the impact on agriculture and food security? “A a very important facet is that… Continue reading
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Extreme drought tests China’s power
Galvanizing energy tests As the rare triple-dip La Nina treks the globe leaving behind it extreme weather phenomena and disasters, some regions in southern China are experiencing a severe drought that only happens once in decades, which has challenged the country’s power supply and storage system. Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, which largely relies on hydropower,… Continue reading
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Thailand & Malaysia: ASEAN rail network
VIENTIANE — Thailand’s Transport Ministry is working with its Malaysian partner to develop a high-speed rail (HSR) network that will connect four member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China, according to a media report. The talks follow on from the outstanding success of China-Laos HSR link began operating the Laos-China… Continue reading
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Global South not cause of climate change
‘Time to call a spade a spade ….’ In response to our article posted on another Facebook environmental site commenting on how China leads the world in green energy, a US reader from New York in the USA commented: “It may, but China is still the biggest CO2 emitter by far.” This sort of snide… Continue reading
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BRI and Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum: 60% trade growth
Editor’s Note (GT): While the global situation has been under the shadow of the pandemic and the geopolitical conflicts, current bilateral relations, trade and investment cooperation between China and Indonesia is bucking the trend, with China consolidating its position as Indonesia’s largest trading partner for nine consecutive years, and bilateral trade volume in 2021 increasing… Continue reading
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Emerging technologies to hasten China’s renewable power revolution
Electricity generation remains China’s major source of CO2 emissions. China Daily reports: Digital technology will play an important role in Chinese power generation enterprises’ transition to a low carbon world by enabling emissions reductions, according to a recently released report. Digitalization tools, including the internet of things, 5G, smart grids and distributed energy resources, along… Continue reading
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Historic droughts trigger power shortages in China’s Yangtze basin
Since mid-June, China has been facing the most intense and enduring heat waves since records began in 1961, according to the National Climate Centre. In the past week, the middle and lower Yangtze River basin has experienced exceptionally hot and dry spells in what is supposed to be the flood season, forcing provinces to suspend… Continue reading
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Iran joining BRICS ‘will add value’
The 14th BRICS summit took place on 23rd and 24th June 2022 by video conference hosted by China. Iran has applied to become a member of BRICS, and Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the summit. President Raisi gave a speech, elaborating on Iran’s viewpoints on the most… Continue reading
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Washington’s sanctions on Chinese solar panels: US domestic deployment falls by 50% – global prices up by 30-40%
The US publication pv magazine reported on 16 August 2022 that a large quantity of Chinese solar panels had been seized by US customs authorities. The seizure were carried out under US anti-China legislation, the so-called “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act” (UFLPA). The legislation is one of many US government actions designed to wage economic… Continue reading
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Sanctions on Chinese solar – US domestic deployment drops 50%
Washington’s sanctions on Chinese solar panels: US domestic deployment falls by 50% – global prices up by 30-40% The US publication pv magazine reported on 16 August 2022 that a large quantity of Chinese solar panels had been seized by US customs authorities. The seizure were carried out under US anti-China legislation, the so-called “Uyghur… Continue reading
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Environmental noise affects mate choice in animals: Chinese study
Chinese researchers have discovered that noise influences mate choice based on visual information in animals via cross-sensory interference, according to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Animal communication is often hampered by noise interference, while little is known about its cross-modal effect and how animals weigh unimodal and multimodal courtship… Continue reading
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China commissions first phase of 200 MW ‘vanadium flow battery’ – scale dwarfs anything else in the world
Energy Storage News reports that China has commissioned a 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system in Dalian City’s Shahekou District, which is in Liaoning Province in northeastern China. A vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) is a type of rechargeable flow battery is a type of electrochemical cell where chemical energy is provided by two chemical components dissolved in liquids, that are… Continue reading
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BRI projects bring significant benefits Papua New Guinea
BRI boosts local living standard, creates jobs, and nurtures skills in PNG Papua New Guinea was the first country in the South Pacific to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Projects undertaken by Chinese enterprises under the BRI have led to fruitful benefits for local… Continue reading
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China vows to honor commitments on climate change – says US must stop finding excuses for its own inaction
China reiterates commitment to international cooperation on climate change and will honor the promises it has made China refutes U.S. claim that the suspension of climate talks “punishing the whole world Washington can’t speak for world US must stop finding excuses for its inaction on climate change China remains committed to international cooperation on climate… Continue reading
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Facebook’s Ukraine “fact-checking” directly funded by Washington regime
Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted,… Continue reading
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Nancy Pelosi — Janus of the West
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus presided over war and peace and was usually depicted as having two faces. The gates of a building in Rome named after him – an open enclosure with gates at each end – were opened in time of war. The following article was first published by Anthony M Leong on Medium, and… Continue reading
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Latin America welcomes BRI cooperation, not ideological confrontation
The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made steady progress in Latin America during the past three years, which has brought concrete benefits to partner economies with its people centered approach. The growing influence of BRI in Latin America, while the US-led counterweight initiative Growth in the Americas achieved little, showed cooperation and inclusiveness… Continue reading
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Latin America welcomes BRI cooperation
Latin America welcomes BRI cooperation, not ideological confrontation 9 AUGUST 2022 The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made steady progress in Latin America during the past three years, which has brought concrete benefits to partner economies with its people centered approach. The growing influence of BRI in Latin America, while the US-led counterweight… Continue reading
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Our Editorial Perspective
Ecological civilization “Global environmental crisis is the product of centuries of Western exploitation of the land, natural resources and labour of the Global South, including the colonized Indigenous Peoples. Seriously tackling the global ecological crisis must involve a global redistribution of power and wealth from the collective West to the Global South. We make no apologies in unequivocally… Continue reading
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Belt and Road – Going Green
China has responded to calls for a more sustainable BRI. As the developing world strives to meet the Paris Agreement target to limit global warming to below 2 degrees C, there is growing pressure on China to play its part in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. This pressure will only grow as China emerges more decisively… Continue reading
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BRI: China to build 1000 schools, 2 solar power plants in war-torn Iraq
Iraq has become the third-biggest Belt and Road Initiative partner in energy engagement, after Russia and Pakistan. Fudan University’s Center for Green Finance and Development in Shanghai reported that in 2021, Iraq received $10.5 billion in investment under the Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. China–Iraq relations have advanced in recent years, but China-Iraq energy cooperation… Continue reading
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China: national soil survey to protect arable land
Published 2022/08/07 After rapid development and intensive farming, China is to carry out a new national soil survey to help with its food security and carbon targets. Black soil in North East China is some of the most fertile in the world, but the has been damaged by over-cultivation says Chinese Academy of Sciences. China… Continue reading
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