Energy. Transport & Climate Change~

China’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure continued to increase in the first half (H1) of this year, thanks to the rapid expansion of the country’s EV market. By the end of June, the total number of charging piles in China reached 10.24 million units, an increase of 54 percent year on year, Zhang Xing, a spokesperson for the National Energy Administration (NEA), told a press conference on Wednesday. These facilities […]

In Chinese mythology, Jiaolong is a dragon often depicted as a scaled, hornless, and aquatic creature. The submersible was named after the mythical creature because of its ability to explore the depths of the ocean. China’s deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong conducted a deep-diving operation in the Western Pacific Ocean on Sunday 18 August 2024, with foreign scientists involved for the first time. This was its 300th dive since its maiden […]

Scientific surveys valuable for safeguarding ecology on “roof of the world”. China’s second Qinghai-Xizang Plateau scientific expedition and research has produced a series of world-class original findings, providing scientific support for the ecological security of the plateau. China launched a scientific expedition in Lhasa on Sunday to investigate the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau — known as Asia’s “water tower” — with a target region encompassing “one glacier, two lakes and three rivers.” […]

Focused on the People’s Republic of China (PRC), this article looks at how climate change impacts coastal ecosystems and marine biodiversity. In an era of global connectivity and shared environmental challenges, the linkages between oceans and climate change are becoming increasingly apparent. Oceans have the great potential to exacerbate or mitigate climate change and its related impacts, depending on the policies in place. This extract analyzes the effects of sea-level […]