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Seven years seems a lifetime in politics. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. It prompted Canada, China and the European Union to convene an urgent meeting to reaffirm political commitment to global climate action. The successful meeting became an annual event which, this week, took place in Wuhan, China – just as the prospect of another Trump presidency looms large. At this year’s the invitation-only meeting of climate […]

Xinhua (2024-07-26) reported that five nominated sites of the migratory bird sanctuaries along the coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China successfully passed the review process Friday to be included on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The decision was made during the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in New Delhi, India, according to China’s National Forestry and Grassland […]

China plans to start building the world’s first molten salt reactor power station next year in the Gobi Desert. Currently, China operates the only  thorium reactor on Earth, located in the Gobi Desert around 120km northwest of the city of Wuwei, Gansu province. This is an experimental reactor which can only produce 2MW of thermal power and does not generate electricity. However, it incorporates some revolutionary technologies, including superalloys that can withstand […]

Kazakhstan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Yerlan Nyssanbayev, met with scientists from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography to discuss an environmental project focused on establishing artificial forest plantations on the dried base of the Aral Sea. The proposal includes the creation of a joint Kazakh-Chinese center aimed at addressing the environmental challenges associated with the Aral Sea’s desiccation. As part of this initiative, Chinese scientists will visit Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda […]