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Solar power capacity boosted in China

July 28, 2023 CEN_com 0

SOLAR SURGE China’s solar power installations are expected to “surge” this year, with “the projected new installed capacity being raised from 95-120 gigawatts (GW) to 120-140GW”, according to data released by the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA), China Daily reported. By comparison, new solar installation in the US was 20GW in 2022. The upgraded forecast came as data from China’s National Energy Administration showed solar growth in the first half of 2023 reaching 78GW, pushing total solar capacity […]

China drought cuts hydropower output

July 28, 2023 CEN_com 0

In major news for China’s electricity system and emissions – and for the world, on 17 July, China’s National Bureau of Statistics  announced that despite overall electricity generation growing 3.8% year-on-year, hydropower output fell by nearly 23%  in the first half of 2023 – the largest drop among all electricity sources. Hydro is China’s largest source of renewable power, accounting for 15% of electricity in 2022. The scale of the drop is so large […]

China is transforming the world

July 27, 2023 CEN_com 0

In the global battle for ecological survival and equity, China has emerged as the international leader for Green development and ecological civilisation. This is not an accident. Nor is it an accident that an increasing proportion of Western, particularly US anti-China hysteria, is an attempt to disguise and undermine emerging global leadership and success of People’s China. The global environmental crisis is not something that can be reversed simply by […]

BRICS Summit to tackle energy transition

July 26, 2023 CEN_com 0

The expectation is that there will be in-depth discussions on how to deal with and collaborate on climate change and energy transition in aspects such as expediting the new-energy forms and enhancing technological cooperation. Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele As the highly anticipated BRICS Summit 2023 will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in August, South African Ambassador to China Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele (Cwele) expressed his expectations for the upcoming summit in […]

Protecting China’s ‘unofficial’ wetlands

July 25, 2023 CEN_com 0

Damage done to a wetland in the name of “environmental restoration” raises questions about how China’s lesser-known wetlands are protected. The coastal wetlands on the Linhong estuary, by the Yellow Sea in Lianyungang municipality, provide an important feeding ground and stopover for waterbirds migrating between East Asia and Australia. But in 2021, an “environmental restoration” project put the mudflats at risk of erosion and destruction. They were to be turned […]

US owes world climate reparations

July 25, 2023 CEN_com 0

US climate czar John Kerry recently visited a blistering Beijing for talks on climate change with his Chinese counterpart. The Chinese side expressed optimism over the talks. But the US side has been much more heavy handed. At the same time that Kerry was in Beijing, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hit out at China. He said that the Asian giant “should not be able to hide behind any kind of claim […]

‘New American Century’- ecocide and war

July 24, 2023 CEN_com 0

Ecocide is the deliberate destruction of an environment so that it can no longer sustain life. The attempt by the United States to maintain its global domination and its fatally outmoded model of modernity for others to emulate could commit this in two ways. The former is already taking place and accelerating; providing a medium to long term prospect of civilisational collapse if we just carry on as we are. But it […]

Ecocide, war and New American Century

July 24, 2023 CEN_com 0

Ecocide is the deliberate destruction of an environment so that it can no longer sustain life. The attempt by the United States to maintain its global domination and its fatally outmoded model of modernity for others to emulate could commit this in two ways. The former is already taking place and accelerating; providing a medium to long term prospect of civilisational collapse if we just carry on as we are. But it […]

Small population plant species protected

July 22, 2023 CEN_com 0

China’s Yunnan sees progress in protecting plant species with extremely small populations Does a plant still have value for conservation if there are only a few found surviving in the wild? For botanists, the answer is definitely yes. In southwest China’s Yunnan province, they seek and protect rare plant species in the wild, introduce and breed the species and then return them to nature. Thanks to more than 10 years […]

China Biodiversity success: Milu Deer

July 21, 2023 CEN_com 0

China Biodiversity: Over 460 newborn Milu Deer born in Hubei Milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus) is listed as Class I National Key Protected Species of China. The species is Classified as Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN’s Red List. It is said to have became extinct a long time ago, perhaps 1800 years ago, and was for a long time preserved by the Chinese Emperor in his Imperial Hunting Park […]