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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’s alternative to the Western liberal model of globalization

October 28, 2021 CEN_com 0

An extract from Roland Boer’s book Socialism with Chinese Characteristics “What we are currently witnessing is a contest between two models of globalization – between “zero sum” and “win-win”. The former has been the dominant model ever since the era of European colonialism and the era of primitive capital accumulation through colonial plunder, slavery and domination of other parts of the world. By contrast, the Chinese model of “win-win” […]

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 […]

New draft of wetlands protection law strengthens conservation and increases fines for damage to wetlands

October 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

China has a total wetland area of 53.6 million hectares, ranking it the largest in Asia and fourth in the world. Due to consistent protection efforts, China’s wetlands grew by about 202,600 hectares from 2016 to 2020. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration report that more than half of the country’s wetlands are now being conserved. The scope of protected wetlands and the responsibilities of township authorities are specified in […]

Chinese mining companies adopt new geothermal technologies to cut carbon emissions

October 26, 2021 CEN_com 0

Iron tailings, traditionally an industrial waste, can now play a role in environmental protection. In northeast China’s Jilin Province, more than 70 hectares of saline-alkali soil have been transformed into fertile land that can produce 7,500 kg of rice per hectare with the help of iron tailings. “We make use of the unique physical and chemical characteristics of iron tailings to improve the soil quality,” said Xiong Hongqi, deputy general […]

How does China’s National Park system work?

October 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

National parks came into existence over a century ago in order to improve the protection of valuable natural landscapes in countries worldwide. But the management of the parks involves more than ecology. “The essence of national parks is a form of land management,” according to Cao Yue, assistant professor from the Institute for National Parks of Tsinghua University. So the construction and management of a national park will look very […]

UNESCO and China: Building the eco-civilization that leaves no one behind

October 25, 2021 CEN_com 0

“Etiquette and culture are learned after people’s granary becomes full. Honor and shame are distinguished when the folks have enough to eat and wear.” The words from the ancient Chinese statesman and philosopher, Guan Zhong, living in the Spring and Autumn Period about 2,700 years ago, demonstrate the Chinese philosophical wisdom in discerning the linkage between material abundance and social progress. Since China resumed its rightful place in the United […]