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Debt-for-nature swaps with China could boost Ecuador’s conservation

March 3, 2022 CEN_com 0

The following article by two Ecuadorian conservation experts asks whether debt-for-nature swap proposals could be an opportunity for China and Ecuador to reshape the two countries economic relationship, by deepening strategic cooperation with Chinese conservation researchers and supporting the development of sustainable livelihoods in collaboration with indigenous communities? Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and had […]

China releases plan to support carbon peak, neutrality goals

March 3, 2022 CEN_com 0

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Wednesday released a strategic action plan to support scientific and technological efforts to achieve the country’s carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. The plan aims to solve core scientific and technological issues to promote an energy revolution, industrial optimization and upgrading, and a green and low-carbon technological revolution, thus providing strong scientific and technological support for the country’s carbon targets. By 2025, the […]

Beijing declares success in clearing the air

March 3, 2022 CEN_com 0

“Beijing has demonstrated to the world over the past 20 years that a megacity with a rapidly increasing GDP, vehicle count, population and energy consumption can move forward to cut air pollution effectively. The PM2.5 reduction over the past few years has surpassed that of developed countries during the same period.” Yu Jianhua (Beijing Municipal Ecology & Environment Bureau) Joint efforts bring environmental improvements to Chinese capital In addition to […]

China’s new power market reforms to accelerate energy transition

March 2, 2022 CEN_com 0

China’s electricity market reforms have reached an inflection point, with the potential to play an increasingly large role in accelerating the transition to clean energy, argues Anders Hove, in an article originally published by China Dialogue. Power shortages and recent energy policy announcements in China have drawn renewed focus to the topic of energy security, particularly to the supply of coal and coal-fired electricity. The recent scramble to boost coal supply and […]

China starts work on final unit for largest joint China-Russia nuclear energy project

March 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

The Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu Province, is the largest Chinese Russian joint venture ever, and will become the world’s largest nuclear power plant upon completion. A decade in the making, it will help China reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce cheaper and safe energy. Construction of the No.8 unit of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, the last reactor unit of China and Russia’s largest nuclear […]

In praise of Beijing’s Green Olympics coolest venue, Big Air Shougang

March 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Beijing’s Green Olympics did not pretend to be in a natural wonderland. As the world gets warmer and glaciers continue to disappear, it forces us to confront an uncomfortable truth: Big Air Shougang may be the world’s first permanent Winter Olympics venue of its kind, but it won’t be the last. Haig Balian Lots of snarky comments were directed at the site of the big air competition during the Olympics. […]

Gut bacteria make panda a chubby bamboo eater: Chinese zoologists’ find

February 27, 2022 CEN_com 0

It’s perhaps a sad story for those trying to lose weight. The giant panda stays a rotund figure despite being almost a vegetarian. Now, Chinese zoologists have found out why. The study published on Wednesday in the journal, Cell Reports, revealed that changes in the gut microbiota, the bacteria living in the gut, may play a part. The colony of a kind of probiotics expands in the season when nutritious […]

Wildfires to increase by 50% by 2100: warns UN Environment Programme

February 27, 2022 CEN_com 0

Due to climate change and changes in land use, wildfires are predicted to rise by up to 14 percent by 2030, 30 percent by 2050 and 50 percent by the end of the century, according to a report published on Wednesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal. The report, “Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires,” says that wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating.” […]

China’s green transition: A feasible way of quitting coal

February 27, 2022 CEN_com 0

In September 2021 China announced that it would stop building coal-fired power projects abroad. The policy change could affect 44 plants costing a projected $50 billion across 20 countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Eastern Europe. Global Energy Monitor (GEM) estimates that the decision could prevent 8 billion tonnes of additional carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the lifetimes of the proposed plants. A leaf sits on top of a pile of coal in […]

China leads on clean energy transition but still more needed

February 27, 2022 CEN_com 0

Shared by China-Environment-News.com on Facebook Dongshen News reports that China is the global leader in installed solar (39% of total) and wind (36%) capacity, but progress in clean energy transition is needed to meet targets Criteria for reducing energy consumption (13.5%) and CO2 emissions (18%) per unit of GDP by 2025 may be insufficient if economic growth accelerates, but China can still help lead global climate governance, promoting green investment and providing low-carbon […]