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ASEAN nations using Laos-China Railway for ‘green’, low-carbon freight

February 14, 2022 CEN_com 0

Business operators from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar are now using the Laos-China Railway to import and export goods to and from China and beyond. Over 100,000 tonnes of cross-border goods have been shipped via the railway since it became operational in December, 2021. In early December 2021, Laos inaugurated the Boten-Vientiane railway, a 414-kilometer (km) electrified high-speed railway that runs between the capital Vientiane and the town of Boten […]

$117.5 billion China-Russia energy deal dumps US Dollar for the Euro

February 13, 2022 CEN_com 0

On 6 Feb 2022 China Environment reported about China and Russia announcing significant strengthening of cooperation between the two nations in the energy sector, with major long term oil and gas deals between the two nations being signed. The Chinese President said that China and Russia should strengthen joint innovations in major energy technologies, as a way for both countries to ensure energy security. This was a clear reference to the need for […]

Worst drought in 60 years hits China’s Guangdong province: influenced by climate change

February 13, 2022 CEN_com 0

Guangdong province receives plenty of rainfall, but rapid economic growth and climate change are nevertheless causing an emerging problem. In late December last year (2021) the Chinese news outlet Caixin reported that multiple major Guangdong cities had issued warnings to residents that they may face a water shortage as the southern province has been struck with its biggest drought since 1979. Technology hub Shenzhen has mobilized emergency response resources to […]

The Green Belt and Road Initiative

February 13, 2022 CEN_com 0

A China-led effort, greening of the Belt and Road Initiative involves development projects aligned with the 2030 UNSDG goals that also present climate action-positive investment opportunities. Since it was first proposed in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has taken on many forms. A clear-eyed strategy to connect Asia with Africa and Europe via land and maritime networks, the BRI’s primary goals are regional integration and stimulating trade and […]

Reducing surface layer ozone pollution could significantly increase wheat yield in East Asia: study

February 13, 2022 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have discovered that halving the ground level ozone pollution dose could increase wheat yields by more than 20 percent, the Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday. The climbing concentration of surface ozone pollution hinders crop growth and reduces yields, according to the report. The researchers from the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology worked in cooperation with nine other institutions to assess […]

China plans regional caps to conserve water

February 12, 2022 CEN_com 0

The country’s per capita water resources are less than one-third of the global average. China plans to develop a stricter water conservation framework by introducing regional usage caps and water rights trading schemes amid depleting resources, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. In a notice Tuesday, the ministry said that specifying regional water availability caps would be high on its agenda, and be used as a basis to define initial water access rights […]

China set to further low-carbon push

February 12, 2022 CEN_com 0

New measures in pipeline to boost non-fossil energy’s role in promoting green transition China’s nonfossil energy will not only meet the country’s incremental energy demand but also replace fossil fuel stocks on a large scale by 2030, authorities said on Thursday. A statement jointly released by the National Energy Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission on Thursday said China will come up with an integrated institution and policy […]

China is winning the battle against air pollution

February 11, 2022 CEN_com 0

National air pollution action plans devised by China have seen significant reductions in pollution levels and associated health risks. Air pollution levels in the main Chinese cities at the beginning of the 1980s were almost exactly at the level of London at the height of the Industrial Revolution in 1890. In response to London’s Great Smog of 1952, the United Kingdom introduced the first air pollution law in the world […]

Striving for low-carbon agriculture: China’s story

February 10, 2022 CEN_com 0

The following article by agricultural scientists, Professors Pan Genxing and Cheng Kun, of the Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture at Nanjing Agricultural University, China, is republished from China Dialogue. Based on the changes discussed in the following article, they are confident that green agriculture in China has a bright future, and calculate that: Increasing carbon in the soil, reducing fertiliser use and using straw for biochar and […]

China to build thousands more ecological farms by 2025

February 10, 2022 CEN_com 0

BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — China plans to build more ecological farms in the coming years to advance modernization and green development in the agricultural sector, said a guideline published Wednesday by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. China aims to build 1,000 national ecological farms and 10,000 local ones nationwide by 2025. They will be agriculture production and operation entities, targeting maximum sustainable output while seeking to match […]