China’s experience of drawing up protected areas and satellite cooperation with Brazil can boost progress towards 2030 targets, scientist Gao Jixi tells Dialogue Earth Around the world, differing financial capabilities and a lack of regional cooperation mean that the availability of biodiversity data varies wildly between countries. Many developing nations are unable…
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Hot Oceans, Rising Climate Concerns: Chinese scientists raise the alarm
In 2023, the world’s oceans hit their hottest temperatures ever recorded, a silent yet significant milestone that speaks volumes about the state of our planet. On January 11, 2024, a startling report was published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences by an international research team of 34 scientists from 16 institutions worldwide, led by the…
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China and West are driving in opposite directions on electric cars
Top German carmaker VW has reported a 26% year-to-date rise in fully-electric car sales in China—offset by a fall in sales, also of 26%, of the same products in the United States. Sales in Europe also fell, by 14%. The gap is widening, third quarter figures reveal. VW, maker of…
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Ongoing US nuclear contamination of the Pacific Islands
Forget China: the U.S. is Its own worst enemy Pacific Island countries see U.S. treatment of the Marshall Islands as fundamentally unjust – not only in the past, but in the present – and it has severely damaged their perceptions of the United States. The United States is competing with China for…
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Large-scale solar plants have positive environmental effect on desert areas: Chinese scientists
A research team led by scientists from China’s Xi’an University of Technology has assessed the ecological and environmental effects of large-scale PV development in desert areas. The research found that big solar power plants have a positive impact on the ecological environment of desert areas. The study was conducted at…
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China leads the world in green hydrogen
In 2022, China set a target of producing up to 200,000 tonnes (t) of “green hydrogen” per year by the end of 2025, to help achieve its “dual-carbon” goal. A Norway-based research company reports China is projected to “exceed that volume” by the end of 2024. In the article below Carbon Brief looks…
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China’s ESG rules approach maturity after 20 years
China’s first policy on environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance reporting – the Announcement on Corporate Environmental Information Disclosure – was issued by China’s State Environmental Protection Administration in 2003. It encouraged and supported enterprises to disclose environment-related information. Twenty years later, in December 2023, the State Council released its Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting…
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China Unveils Most Advanced Hydrogen Train in the World
China is making waves in hydrogen energy technology with the launch of the CINOVA H2, the country’s first intelligent hydrogen-powered intercity train. Developed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., this groundbreaking train was unveiled at the International Rail Transit Technology Exhibition in Berlin on September 24, 2024. Achieving “zero carbon” emissions, the…
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China’s renewable boom puts ambitious climate goals in reach: CREA
China’s rapid deployment of clean energy has made it possible for the nation to achieve more ambitious goals to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. CREA is an Helsinki-based nonprofit think tank, founded in 2019 to conduct independent research on…
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Shenzhen has nearly twice as many supercharging stations as gas stations
Shenzhen — the city where BYD is headquartered — has become the first city in China to see the number of supercharging stations outnumber gas stations, as well as the number of charging guns outnumber gas guns, the Shenzhen Economic Daily report noted. Shenzhen has seen the number of supercharging…