China-built UAE national rail network

13/02/2024 CEN_net 0

China co-builds UAE’s first national rail network connecting all seven emirates The Etihad Rail national rail network, an important transportation artery in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was jointly constructed by a Chinese company, and is set to become a […]

China funds BRI clean energy transition

13/02/2024 CEN_net 0

China is making substantial green energy investments in infrastructure endeavours in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. In Africa, China’s work in alternative energy reached a historic high in 2023 of about US$2.7 billion. Alternative energy work in the […]

China to restore Hainan ecosystems

13/02/2024 CEN_net 0

China’s Hainan island to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030 Hainan province is one of 34 biodiversity hotspots globally, and boasts the most well-preserved and extensive contiguous tropical rainforests in China. Hainan, south China’s tropical island province, has released […]

Diversified Forests Improve Carbon Storage

13/02/2024 CEN_net 0

Diversified Forest Could Improve Carbon Storage – Chinese Scientists In the past few decades, China has invested more in afforestation than any other country. China took action earlier, now it has large area of artificial forest in the world, accounting for more […]

China leading race to green hydrogen technology

13/02/2024 CEN_net 0

The increasing demand for hydrogen generated from renewable resources is energizing Chinese electrolyzer manufacturers. Data shows that in the first nine months of last year, there were 57 new green hydrogen projects already functioning, under construction, or pending approvals with […]

Red Panda conservation in China

11/02/2024 CEN_net 0

Red pandas (or lesser pandas) have long, fluffy striped tails like a raccoon, and faces and diets that resemble a giant panda’s, but they clean themselves like a cat. However, they are not raccoons, bears, or cats — they were […]

China outlines 2024 environment goals

09/02/2024 CEN_net 0

China’s environment minister outlines goals for 2024 On 23 January, China’s ecology and environment minister Huang Runqiu outlined his department’s achievements in 2023 and priorities for 2024, in a 20,000 character-long (or approximately 14,000 word-long) speech. In the following, Carbon Brief […]

Food security China’s first priority 

06/02/2024 CEN_net 0

It’s a tradition now in China: The government’s first policy statement of the year focuses on agriculture and rural development. For 2024, the “No. 1 central document” prioritizes food security and preventing a large-scale return to poverty. For the first time, the […]

China’s BRI investments

06/02/2024 CEN_net 0

On 5 February, 2024, the Green Finance & Development Center (GFDC) at Fudan University, China, in assocuation with the Asia Institute at Griffith University, Australia, released a report titled China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2023. In November 2023, the […]

Wild China – understanding wilderness

05/02/2024 CEN_net 0

Wild China – Toward a greater appreciation of wilderness China is the world’s fourth most biodiverse nation. It has more large carnivore species than any country on earth, equivalent to that of the entire African continent. More people, too, but […]