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China’s biodiversity fund for developing nations

29/05/2024 CEN_net 0

Cover photo: UN Environment Program Executive Director Inger Andersen and China’s Minister for Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu Kunming Biodiversity Fund launched in Beijing. A China-initiated fund aimed at supporting biodiversity conservation in developing countries was launched in Beijing on […]

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Chinese scientists detect unreported carcinogenic pollutants

29/05/2024 CEN_net 0

Chinese scientists use AI to detect unreported carcinogenic chemical pollution. Potentially carcinogenic chemicals are prevalent worldwide and going unreported, according to Chinese scientists who identified unknown “forever chemicals” in the environment with the help of machine learning. The non-biodegradable “forever […]

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Large Russian solar power plant for Mali

28/05/2024 CEN_net 0

BRICS-member Russia’s energy giant Rosatom is building solar power plant in Africa. The Mali government has announced that Russia’s state-owned Rosatom has begun construction of a large solar power plant in the country. This should be seen in the wider […]

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Xi-Putin on Environment, BRI and BRICS

27/05/2024 CEN_net 0

Joint statement between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation on deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. At the invitation of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, President Vladimir Putin […]

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Fishing ban revives Qinghai Lake ecology

27/05/2024 CEN_net 0

Decade long fishing ban sees significant recovery in ecology of China’s Qinghai Lake. LARGEST SALINE LAKE IN CHINA Once a bustling site yielding up to 10,000 tons of fish annually, Qinghai Lake has seen its ten-year fishery closure initiated in […]

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China updates biodiversity database

27/05/2024 CEN_net 0

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has announced that China has released the updated version of the national species database, known as the Catalogue of Life China 2024 Annual Checklist. The list recorded a total of 155,364 species and subspecies, up […]

Climate funding strings for poor nations

24/05/2024 CEN_net 0

Climate funding: wealthy countries attach strings for developing world. Japan, France, Germany, the United States and other wealthy nations are reaping billions of dollars in financial gains as part of developed nations’ pledge to provide $100 billion a year to […]

China’s biodiversity pledge

23/05/2024 CEN_net 0

Cover photo: Oriental white storks fly over the Caofeidian wetland in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province. /Xinhua From species to ecosystem: China’s conservation commitment for biodiversity and human well-being. Jiang Zhigang is professor in Conservation Biology at the University of Chinese […]

China’s EV battery swaps speed charging

23/05/2024 CEN_net 0

China is home to almost half the world’s electric vehicles, 85% of the world’s fast chargers and 65% of slow chargers, and leads the world in EV infrastructure. Now it’s innovating on battery swap stations: roll up, swap out the […]