Energy & Climate Change~

Xinhua28 May 2021. KUNMING, May 27 (Xinhua) — The World Judicial Conference on Environment concluded Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, with the adoption of “the Kunming Declaration of the World Judicial Conference on Environment.” The declaration noted that the rule of law has an irreplaceable and important role in global environmental governance. It is necessary to continue to deepen international cooperation and exchanges in environmental justice, […]

Countries most affected by climate change bear the least responsibility. The 17 members of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) generate around 80 percent of global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. That means they have the power to pull the brakes on the climate emergency. The 17 major economies participating in the MEF are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the […]

In September 2015, China’s President Xi Jinping attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit and joined other world leaders to adopt Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. China attaches great importance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has released China’s National Plan on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and a 2019 Progress Report. Implementation of the agenda has been integrated […]

After a decade of ecological treatment, birds chirping, grass growing and water splashing, the wetlands around Hulun Lake in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have experienced improved biodiversity. Human activities and soil erosion had been blamed for a drastic fall on the water table of the lake since 2000. The lake’s water storage decreased to about 4.5 billion cubic meters in 2010 from its previous average of 12 billion […]

BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) — Forging ahead toward a greener future, China is ever more committed to transforming the steel industry into a low carbon-emitting one amid its long-term green pledges. As China has promised to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, the steel industry remains the largest emitter among all manufacturing sectors in China, accounting for about 15 percent of the annual domestic […]

President Xi Jinping said that China has decided to accept the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on 16 April 2021. The announcement came as part of Xi’s conversation with Chancellor Merkel of Germany and President Macron of France. It is seen as a major global climate win that should also lend a boost of confidence to broader climate talks heating up this […]

Our new web site is on the way … CEN has created an independent web site and is in the process of developing and commissioning it over the next few weeks. We intend to continue the CEN Facebook group as well. This is necessary given the excessive political censorship and extensive banning of pro-China individuals and groups by the US Facebook oligarchy and other US based social media and internet […]

China develops new “breakthrough” wheat variety China Science  reports China has developed a breakthrough wheat variety, named Yangmai 33, with high resistance to scab and powdery mildew for the first time. The new variety is expected to become a new generation of dominant varieties in China and help solve the world’s food problems. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2516109708443374/permalink/4047601818627481/