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China: “Opinions on further Strengthening the Protection of Biodiversity” announced by top authorities

November 2, 2021 CEN_com 0

The following extract from the Green Finance & Development Center at Fudan University, summarizes the key elements of the biodiversity “opinions” issued on October 19, 2021, by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Part of China together with the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on further Strengthening the Protection of Biodiversity” (in Chinese). As a document issued by both the General Office […]

Why advanced countries must proportionately make the biggest cuts in carbon emissions

October 31, 2021 CEN_com 0

Shared from: Learning from China, Published by John Ross, Senior Fellow, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. The article was written in the context of the COP26 UN climate change conference in November 2021. Ross argues that the factual situation is entirely clear. It is the advanced economies which overwhelmingly have above average per capita CO2 emissions and it is developing economies which overwhelmingly have below average per […]

Why China is Building Africa’s Railways

October 31, 2021 CEN_com 0

SOURCE: The B1M, 20 October 2021 https://www.theb1m.com/video/why-china-is-building-africas-railways Africa is undergoing a railway renaissance – and it’s being built in large part by China. From Nairobi to Mombasa and Addis Ababa to Djibouti, China is financing, designing and constructing railways that are transforming Africa’s transportation infrastructure. These megaprojects are more than just impressive feats of engineering, passing through safari camps and the East African desert. They’re symbols of better connected societies, […]

China’s Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant to be the world’s largest

October 30, 2021 CEN_com 0

China – Russia nuclear power collaboration project China is rapidly expanding the safe use of nuclear power as the country steams toward an ambitious carbon neutrality goal. The Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant (Tianwan NPP), situated in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, will be the world’s largest nuclear power plant by output. It is designed to have a safer and smarter performance using third-generation nuclear power technologies. The plant is being constructed […]

China’s stance against backing coal abroad helps Cambodian clean energy

October 30, 2021 CEN_com 0

Around half of Cambodia’s electricity is currently generated from coal. China has a significant involvement in the Cambodian energy sector. Cambodia’s power system has proven highly adaptable over the past 20 years. At the turn of the century, only 17% of the population had access to the grid, and the system was three-quarters powered by fuel oil. By 2014, this had switched to nearly two-thirds hydropower, all of it built with Chinese involvement. Seven […]

Nine key moments that changed China’s mind about climate change

October 29, 2021 CEN_com 0

The following article from Carbon Brief gives a very detailed and useful summary of how the Chinese government’s attitude towards climate change, and its understanding of its own responsibilities, have changed over the last two decades. The article is quite long but is well worth the effort for those wishing to understand this important issue. Source: Friends of Socialist China October 26, 2021 Author: Jianqiang previously worked as China Dialogue’s Beijing editor […]

China to peak CO2 emissions before 2030: West bears most responsibility for climate change

October 29, 2021 CEN_com 0

“The United States should be stumping up more than $43 billion a year based on cumulative carbon emissions, gross national income and population size.“ – Overseas Development Institute China has promised to peak its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030, in an upgrade of its climate change plans that comes just three days before the start of COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland. The revised plan submitted to the United Nations, known as a […]

Lack of fund for poorest countries ‘biggest obstacle’ in climate talks – China

October 28, 2021 CEN_com 0

BEIJING: Establishing a fund to help poor countries tackle climate change will be “the biggest obstacle” during United Nations talks to try to curb global warming that begin in Glasgow on Oct 31, a Chinese environmental official said on Wednesday (Oct 27). The developed Western nations agreed in 2009 to establish a US$100 billion per year fund to help transfer technologies and minimise climate risks in the developing world, but progress has […]

China launches real-time glacier monitoring system

October 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

Yulong Snow Mountain and Glacier Park is a popular recreation area. It is a national park known as Yulong National Park (or Lijiang Yulong National Park) located in Yulong Mountain, in southwestern China. The Yulong Glacier is also a primary source of fresh water for Western China. Cable cars take tourists up and down the mountain, there is a cable to an observation platform sitting at 4,506 m with stunning […]

Rethinking Grid Integration and Carbon Neutrality in China

October 27, 2021 CEN_com 0

Prospects for a massive renewable power expansion to achieve carbon neutrality in China and beyond In achieving the goal of carbon neutrality in China, the problem is no longer the cost or feasibility of sufficient renewable generation, but rather the challenges it introduces into the grid because of its variability. There are many uncertainties about pathways to mid-century carbon neutrality in all major emitting nations, but one fundamental aspect is […]