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China signs Agreements with International Renewable Energy body to advance carbon neutrality and market development

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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 has pledged to peak its CO2 emissions before 2030 and committed to the achievement of carbon neutrality before 2060. Under the […]

Climate issues are rising in importance for Russia

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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 by all sides, political relations between Russia and both the US and the EU are at their worst since the […]

Greening plan to advance in scientific way

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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 released guidelines on scientific greening that said protection and natural restoration will play major roles in the country’s greening work […]

Governance in China: A socialist market economy with strong State capacity

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“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 market plays in the allocation of resources, and the economy is based on independent decision-making, investment and management decisions […]

The Rush Towards Carbon Sequestration – Markets or Command and Control?

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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 we, and our economies, are embedded within nature- not external to it. There has been an institutional failure to account […]

Modern farming: Coronavirus outbreak spurs high-tech greenhouse boom in China

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At Chongming Island just outside Shanghai, China’s most populous city, at a new commercial glass greenhouse harvested their first batch of produce at the site in May. The facility is one of dozens sprouting up on the outskirts of China’s megacities that utilise high-end technology to manage irrigation, temperature and lighting systems to grow vegetables within easy reach of a large and affluent consumer base. By far the world’s largest […]

Revitalising Rural China

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In September 2015, China’s President Xi Jinping attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit and joined other world leaders to adopt Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. China attaches great importance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has released China’s National Plan on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and a 2019 Progress Report. Implementation of the agenda has been integrated […]

China’s grain security

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This week, Chinese authorities have stressed the need for solid efforts to safeguard the country’s grain security. This edition of Xinhua Commentary, explains why the country’s food security matters and how it is being secured. Click link below to watch video: Xinhua Commentary: China’s commitment to ensuring food security remains unchanged – Xinhua | English From: China Environment News VK link

Nature reserve to save sea turtles from extinction

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The plight of sea turtles Sea turtles aren’t just the marine world’s largest reptile. They are one of the oldest surviving forms of life, having lived alongside the dinosaurs. Sea turtles return to the ocean on hatching, and spend their entire lives at sea, except when female turtles come on land to lay eggs. But they are often active in areas of human activity and so face various hazards. Globally, […]

China restoring its mangrove forests

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In September last year, 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. China has begun implementing an action plan to restore the country’s 18,800 hectares of mangrove forests and plant another 9,050 hectares in the next five years. Under the plan by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, […]