Protect China’s seagrass meadows

27/01/2024 CEN_net 0

China’s threatened seagrass meadows: scientists call for Seagrass Conservation and Restoration Plan Seagrass meadows are crucial coastal habitats that contribute to biodiversity, food security, and climate mitigation. However seagrasses, once common along China’s coastlines, have declined by more than 80% […]

China enhances agricultural sustainability

26/01/2024 CEN_net 0

China enhances agricultural sustainability and farm incomes while maintaining national crop production on existing croplands though crop switching The Green Revolution of the 1960s brought unprecedented increases in global food supply to meet a rapidly rising demand. However, the promotion […]

Ignore China “economic collapse” stories

08/01/2024 CEN_net 0

The Western news media is full of headlines about China’s ‘economic collapse’ — ignore them. Once again, the Western media Establishment, and sadly some on the “left”, are talking up an impending economic disaster in China, when the truth is […]

Russia to double renewable energy generation

07/01/2024 CEN_net 0

Russia will double the capacity of renewable energy generation by 2050. By 2050, demand for hydrocarbons is expected to decrease, but new low-carbon energy markets are already opening up. Ilya Torosov, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia, said […]

China: 100 carbon-peaking pilot projects

07/01/2024 CEN_net 0

China to conduct carbon-peaking pilot projects in 100 cities and zones. On October 20, 2023, China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) published the “National carbon-peaking pilot construction plan” based on the requirements of the “Action […]

China and Uruguay elevate bilateral relations

06/01/2024 CEN_net 0

On the fifth anniversary of Uruguay’s participation in the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), China and Uruguay announced they will upgrade bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership during talks between the two heads of state, and agreed to deepen […]

China space weather observatory

06/01/2024 CEN_net 0

China’s space weather observatory is largest network of ground-based monitoring on Earth China has achieved a world first in space weather monitoring, with the completion of the largest network of ground-based observatories on Earth, stretching across the country in two bands from north to […]

The Dialectics of Ecology: An Introduction

05/01/2024 CEN_net 0

The following is the introduction to John Bellamy Foster, The Dialectics of Ecology: Society and Nature (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2024). All nature is in a perpetual state of flux.… There is nothing clearly defined in nature.… Everything is bound up with […]

Twenty more countries apply to join BRICS+

04/01/2024 CEN_net 0

Over 20 more countries apply to join the now 10 member BRICS+ group. From 1 January 2024, the existing five member BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grew to become BRICS PLUS, with the addition of five […]

China targets 25% wastewater reuse by 2025

03/01/2024 CEN_net 0

China’s water-scarce cities to reach 25% wastewater reuse by 2025. During the past decades of rapid development in wastewater treatment, China has accomplished the transition of wastewater treatment from underdevelopment to an industrial powerhouse. China accounts for 21% of the […]