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Nearly 500 Yangtze finless porpoises recorded in China’s Poyang lake

August 18, 2021 CEN_com 0

NANCHANG, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — Nearly 500 Yangtze finless porpoises have been detected in Poyang Lake in east China’s Jiangxi Province, according to the results of a recent survey released by the provincial forestry department. The endangered species, known as the “giant panda of the water,” is a barometer of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River basin. The survey was conducted in the areas of Poyang Lake where finless […]

The Earth System, the Anthropocene and global tipping points

August 17, 2021 CEN_com 0

“Treating ‘humans’ as a single, monolithic whole, ignores the fact that the Great Acceleration has, until very recently, been almost entirely been driven by a small fraction of the human population, those in developed countries.” “The most striking insight is that most of the population growth has been in the non-OECD world but the world’s economy (GDP) is still strongly dominated by the OECD world. Despite the shift of global […]

China is taking a significant step in tackling climate change

August 17, 2021 CEN_com 0

On August 9, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a special report. It emphasizes that without “immediate, rapid, and large-scale” reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, it will be impossible to contain global warming and avoid frequent and severe climate events in the coming decades. Many laments the enormous costs of achieving zero carbon emissions, which the Energy Transition Commission estimates to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion […]

Digital farming takes hold in China

August 17, 2021 CEN_com 0

Modern Agriculture Platform (MAP) MAP Centers are a network and platform to guide and supply farmers through the process of modernizing their farms sustainably and connecting them to premium buyers – increasing the quality of their crops and their profitability. A key part is MAP beSide: A program that helps farmers grow very high quality, traceable crops in a climate-smart way and sell to commercial buyers at premium prices. The […]

Blue Hydrogen isn’t green energy: study

August 14, 2021 CEN_com 0

Manufacturing blue hydrogen emits 20 percent more carbon than burning natural gas or coal for heat Hydrogen – considered a clean source of energy – could lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions than coal, according to a new study by researchers at Cornell and Stanford Universities. The study examined the greenhouse-gas emissions generated by the production of “blue” hydrogen. The process uses steam heat to turn natural gas into carbon […]

World’s largest solar powered green hydrogen plant begins operation in China

August 14, 2021 CEN_com 0

Operation of the world’s largest solar powered hydrogen plant began on 20 April 2021 in China. The project, owned by Baofeng Energy Group, uses a 200-MW solar power plant located in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to electrolyze water to make “green” hydrogen, which replaces coal. In May 2020 Chinese coal miner Baofeng Energy announced that it had commenced construction of what will be the world’s largest solar-powered hydrogen […]

A healthy eco-environment enhances social well-being: China white paper

August 13, 2021 CEN_com 0

China issued on Thursday 12 August 2021, a broad-ranging white paper titled Moderate Prosperity in All Respects:Another Milestone Achieved in China’s Human Rights. Part 8 of the white paper dealt with China’s environmental improvements. According to the white paper: The air has become cleaner. China’s CO2 emissions per 10,000 yuan of GDP in 2020 fell by 48.4 percent from 2005, achieving the goal of a 40-to-45 percent fall during this […]

‘Code Red’ for humanity: UN releases landmark climate report warning

August 12, 2021 CEN_com 0

The U.N. climate panel’s new report sounded a dire warning, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are “unequivocally” to blame. The landmark report on climate change was released on Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations expert body for assessing the science related to climate change. Unless immediate, rapid and large-scale action is taken to reduce emissions, the […]

Canada, not China, dominates energy and mining in the Amazon

August 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

Canadian companies have the greatest share of foreign investment in Amazon energy and mining projects while companies headquartered in China control scarcely 10% across the hydropower and extractives sectors, according to new data published by US think-tank the Inter-American Dialogue. China is the biggest foreign investor in renewable hydro–electricity power in the Amazon but Canadian companies have the most shares across environmentally risky sectors, new data shows. “I don’t think anyone knew […]

BRI hydo projects: green development

August 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

Since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was proposed in 2013, China has invested and constructed more than 80 hydropower projects globally across six continents. While helping different regions raise standards of living and stimulate their economies, these projects also demonstrate the concept of “green development” in their design, construction and operation procedures. In addition to obeying local rules and green development guidelines under the BRI framework, Chinese companies have […]