Month: November 2021

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Global North CO2 targets entirely inadequate: they must rapidly cut emissions

November 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

Introduction The scientific Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year published its key report: “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”.  The IPCC report gives various probabilities of hitting the key goal of restricting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, depending on a range of CO2 emissions measured in gigatons of carbon – from 300 to 900 – emitted after the beginning of 2020. The […]

Cuba, China, Latin America and US hybrid war

November 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

This analysis by John Ross of the Renmin University of China looks at the long relationship between China and Cuba. He analyzes why it is important to defeat the US attack on Cuba. The article was originally published in Chinese at Guancha.cn. Foreword by China Environment editors Cuba joined Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2019, hoping it would assist in strengthening its troubled economy, which has been badly hit by […]

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China to severely punish environmental law violations in key river basins

November 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese courts will boost judicial efforts to combat environmental law violations in the Yellow River and the Yangtze River basins, and strengthen legal accountability and penalties for such activities, according to a press conference on Thursday. The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) launched two documents at the press conference, which review the principles and judicial experience of protecting the ecological environment in the two river basins, […]

Western greenwashing and plutocratic misadventures – COP26 failure must usher in epochal change

November 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

COP26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern colonial and capitalist states most responsible for creating the climate crisis are unwilling to place people before profits in order to address the planet’s looming ecological collapse and humanitarian catastrophe. For all the policy failures of COP26 it may actually be an inflection point in history – a point where social and political conditions force a transformation of consciousness […]

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Climate change and Pacific Island nations: ‘a deep betrayal’ by the West

November 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

The first China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held on 22 October 2021 via video link, little more than a week before the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow. Speaking of bilateral economic cooperation, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi noted that China has signed cooperation documents for the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative with all 10 countries in the region that have built diplomatic relations with Beijing. The […]

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Success stories of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Pacific Islands

November 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

Article published by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Through the Belt and Road Initiative, China is helping Pacific nations work towards their sustainable development goals, mitigating environmental risks and tackling global warming. China’s BRI has had success among Pacific countries by providing them with sustainable economic development and helping to reduce poverty. Its success has been due to policy reforms aimed at improving debt sustainability and mitigating social […]

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Beijing sets air-quality record in October with lowest PM2.5 on record

November 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — In October, the monthly reading for PM2.5 fell to an average of 25 micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing, the lowest measurement in autumn and winter (October to March) since data was first collected in the capital, authorities said on Monday. The average concentration of PM2.5 in the city was 32 micrograms per cubic meter in the first 10 months of this year, according to […]

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China continues financial assistance for a resilient Pacific environment

November 24, 2021 CEN_com 0

 17 November 2021, Apia, Samoa – The People’s Republic of China has continued its support for a resilient Pacific environment with the presentation of its yearly financial assistance to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the lead agency in the Pacific region for managing and protecting the environment.  Chinese Ambassador, His Excellency Chao Xiaoliang, presented the annual financial assistance of USD 200,000 to the Director General of SPREP, […]

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China’s Yarlung Tsangpo canyon: An irreplaceable ecological asset

November 23, 2021 CEN_com 0

Should this be China’s next big national park? The Yarlung Tsangpo canyon and its surroundings are homes to China’s largest expanse of primary forest. The rivers and deep gorges here house isolated populations of plants and animals that have evolved into new species and subspecies – many of which are as yet unknown to science. The valley’s steep V-shaped sides funnel warm moist air from the Indian Ocean north to the […]

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Add ‘wings’ to bullet trains to make them even faster: Chinese scientists

November 23, 2021 CEN_com 0

China wants even faster bullet trains, and a team of scientists in the southwest of the country have suggested a way to do it: add wings. Their study found that adding five pairs of small wings on each train carriage would generate additional lift and reduce the weight of the train by nearly a third, taking the top speed to 450km/h. The research is part of a project launched by China […]