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China updates biodiversity database

May 27, 2024 CEN_com 0

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has announced that China has released the updated version of the national species database, known as the Catalogue of Life China 2024 Annual Checklist. The list recorded a total of 155,364 species and subspecies, up 6,690 from the 2023 figure. The work on this updated China database began in 2008 with the aim of illustrating the annual biodiversity conditions in the country and fostering biodiversity […]

Climate funding strings for poor nations

May 24, 2024 CEN_com 0

Climate funding: wealthy countries attach strings for developing world. Japan, France, Germany, the United States and other wealthy nations are reaping billions of dollars in financial gains as part of developed nations’ pledge to provide $100 billion a year to poorer countries to help them reduce emissions and cope with extreme weather from climate change. The promised US$100 billion a year is just a fraction of the US$1.8 trillion that […]

China’s biodiversity pledge

May 23, 2024 CEN_com 0

Cover photo: Oriental white storks fly over the Caofeidian wetland in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province. /Xinhua From species to ecosystem: China’s conservation commitment for biodiversity and human well-being. Jiang Zhigang is professor in Conservation Biology at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His work mainly focuses on inventory, red list assessment, and conservation of animal diversity. The following opinion piece appeared in CGTN. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of the […]

China’s EV battery swaps speed charging

May 23, 2024 CEN_com 0

China is home to almost half the world’s electric vehicles, 85% of the world’s fast chargers and 65% of slow chargers, and leads the world in EV infrastructure. Now it’s innovating on battery swap stations: roll up, swap out the battery, and drive off. Rarely seen globally, they are already thousands of battery swap stations across China. The International Energy Agency hailed China a “leader in global battery swapping infrastructure.”  IEA Battery […]

China’s Massive Shift From US Dollar Assets

May 22, 2024 CEN_com 0

US ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT CHINESE GREEN TECHNOLOGY China dumps record $53.3 billion of US treasury and agency bonds in the first quarter of 2024. The news of the largest ever Chinese sell-off of US dollar assets emerged following three recent key events: Over time China has significantly reduced its stake in the US treasury market, which was 14% in 2011 but had dropped to 3% by the end of 2023, […]

China’s Massive Shift From Dollar Assets

May 22, 2024 CEN_com 0

US ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT CHINESE GREEN TECHNOLOGY China dumps record $53.3 billion of US treasury and agency bonds in the first quarter of 2024. The news of the largest ever Chinese sell-off of US dollar assets emerged following three recent key events: Over time China has significantly reduced its stake in the US treasury market, which was 14% in 2011 but had dropped to 3% by the end of 2023, […]

China’s Battle Against Persistent Organic Pollutants Praised

May 20, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s efforts to control organic pollutants wins recognition from foreign ecological experts. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that persist in the environment, accumulate through the food chain and have the potential for long-range environmental transport, posing risks to human health and the environment. Examples involve certain pesticides, industrial chemicals and unintentional by-products of industrial processes. “China’s pivotal role in global chemical management cannot be overstated,” said Rolph Payet, executive […]

China Cuts Persistent Organic Pollutants

May 20, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s efforts to control organic pollutants wins recognition from foreign ecological experts. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that persist in the environment, accumulate through the food chain and have the potential for long-range environmental transport, posing risks to human health and the environment. Examples involve certain pesticides, industrial chemicals and unintentional by-products of industrial processes. “China’s pivotal role in global chemical management cannot be overstated,” said Rolph Payet, […]

Hong Kong approves new tech hub environmental plan

May 20, 2024 CEN_com 0

The Hong Kong special administrative region has considered a plan to build a proposed innovation and technology (I&T) hub, known as the San Tin Technopole in Yuen Longan, near the border with mainland China and Shenzen. Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department has given approval to the environmental study into a plan to turn fish ponds in the northern New Territories into a tech hub. The approval is subject to a series of environmental conditions. […]

Hong Kong’s new enviro-tech hub plan

May 20, 2024 CEN_com 0

The Hong Kong special administrative region has considered a plan to build a proposed innovation and technology (I&T) hub, known as the San Tin Technopole in Yuen Longan, near the border with mainland China and Shenzen. Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department has given approval to the environmental study into a plan to turn fish ponds in the northern New Territories into a tech hub. The approval is subject to a series of environmental conditions. […]