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International: China

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US asks China to reconsider ban on foreign waste

28 Mar 2018

The US has requested China end its recent ban on receiving garbage from foreign countries, something it says is causing turmoil in the global market.

China could become a leader in green finance

27 Feb 2018

Experts gathered in London have argued over whether China could dominate the green financing market in years to come.

Has China's growth shaken free of carbon?

14 Feb 2018

The annual debate over whether China has peaked its greenhouse gas emissions faces a watershed moment.

How will China’s new carbon trading scheme work?

31 Jan 2018

China last month announced the initial details of its much- anticipated emissions trading scheme, following several years of regional pilot projects.

Why China wants to rule green-energy markets

23 Jan 2018

As other major powers find themselves in climate denial or atrophy, China might well boost its power and status by becoming the global energy leader of tomorrow.

Why coal city switched all 8000 taxis to electric

22 Jan 2018

Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province in China, replaced 8000 petrol-powered taxis with electric vehicles in a single year.

Belt-and-road countries could top China’s emissions

14 Dec 2017

China is seeking to clean up its overseas investments and is calling for international support.

China’s footprint threatens to trample the natural world

7 Dec 2017

Many observers of China’s escalating global programme of foreign investment and infrastructure development are crossing their fingers and hoping for the best.

Can China actually lead on climate change?

30 Nov 2017

China is in the driving seat when it comes to international co-operation on climate, said President Xi Jinping at a major political meeting in Beijing ahead of the climate talks in Bonn.

China reverses flow of carbon emissions

28 Nov 2017

The flow of China’s carbon emissions has reversed, according to new research led by scientists at the University of East Anglia.

China likely to hit peak emissions around 2030

24 Nov 2017

China’s carbon emissions will probably peak on or before 2030, a new survey has found.

Is China the leader UN climate talks need?

3 Nov 2017

china is more assertive than ever about its climate leadership ambitions, as 195 countries head to Bonn for the annual UN summit.

Pollution getting in the way of China's solar goals

26 Oct 2017

Although China is increasing its solar energy supply, air pollution is blocking sunlight and reducing energy output, according to a new study.

No China, so what happens now to world’s recycling?

24 Oct 2017

In the wake of China's announcement earlier this year that it would cut imports of the world's waste there are concerns that much of the lower grade materials will have nowhere else to go.

China takes aim at high-end solar market

15 Sep 2017

China is looking to dominate the high-end of the global solar power market.

China readies for ethanol fuels binge

14 Sep 2017

China’s bold plan to blend renewable fuels into its gasoline supply within three years will revolutionize its fledging biofuels industry, and likely spur billions of dollars in investment in ethanol factories.

China’s sponge cities aim to re-use 70% of rainwater

12 Sep 2017

China’s "sponge city" initiative has an ambitious goal: by 2020, 80 per cent of urban areas should absorb and re-use at least 70 per cent of rainwater.

China to ban sale of fossil-fuel cars

11 Sep 2017

China wil set a deadline for carmakers to end sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles, a move aimed at pushing companies to speed efforts in developing electric vehicles.

China smashes solar power target ... by three years

1 Sep 2017

China has reached its 2020 solar power target three years ahead of schedule after installed capacity topped well over its 105GW target.

China readies world's largest carbon-trading market

16 Aug 2017

As the United States reverses its climate policies, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, China, is in the midst of setting up a national carbon-trading system.

China to ban import of foreign waste

25 Jul 2017

China has anounced that it will no longer be importing foreign garbage shipments.

Volvo e-car push reflects China’s leadership ambition

24 Jul 2017

Chinese-owned Volvo's move away from the internal combustion engine will fuel Beijing dominance in emerging clean technology.

China signed big coal deal days before G20 pledge

14 Jul 2017

Chinese president Xi Jinping endorsed a G20 plan calling on development banks to support poor countries to lower their emissions, just days after his own development bank had signed a $1.5 billion loan deal to build a South African coal plant.

Diplomats assess China’s climate leadership promise

12 Jul 2017

The international community is asking itself whether China really has what it takes to lead global climate policy now the US has yielded that mantle.

ON YER BIKE: China launches smog-eating bicycles

12 Jul 2017

Commuters in China's smog-bound cities soon will be able to clean the air as they ride bicycles that inhale dirty air, clean it, and then release fresh air into the environment.

Praising China’s carbon market shows how low the bar has fallen

28 Jun 2017

China is planning the world’s biggest carbon market, but with little detail given for its design, praise for the scheme is premature.

Qutan temple, Qinghai province

Six million in China just went 100% renewable for a week

28 Jun 2017

Qinghai province in China has just used entirely renewable energy for seven days as part of a trial to prove that it is possible to use just green energy.

China's clean energy ambition floats on abandoned coal mine

13 Jun 2017

China’s ambitions to dominate new energy technologies are unfolding at the site of an abandoned coal mine about 480 kilometers northwest of Shanghai.

China carbon market might launch early

12 Jun 2017

China will launch its nationwide carbon emissions trading system by November at the "very earliest", according to new reports.

China promises green investment strategy

17 May 2017

China will seize opportunities for clean energy and boost science cooperation through its overseas investment strategy, president Xi Jinping said on Monday.

China busy planning ahead for life after coal

11 May 2017

China's energy policies give the world hope that the country can free itself of dirty coal, and that this day may come sooner rather than later.

GET LOST: Beijing pulls 180,000 polluting vehicles

8 May 2017

Beijing removed 180,000 old and polluting vehicles from its roads in the first four months of 2017.

China wants fish, so Africa goes hungry

5 May 2017

Of all the stresses that humans have inflicted on the world’s oceans, including pollution and global warming, industrial fishing ranks high.

China gets tough on shipping emissions

21 Apr 2017

Every year, more than 60 per cent of the world’s seaborne cargoes and 30 per cent of the world’s shipping containers pass through China’s ports, creating an air pollution problem Beijing is now trying to solve.

HIGH TIDE: Rising waters threaten China’s rising cities

11 Apr 2017

In China's Pearl River Delta, breakneck development is colliding with the effects of climate change.

Australia
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Darwin methane leak ‘covered up’ by gas companies and regulators

Tue 2 Sep 2025

At the heart of the project that heralded northern Australia’s gas boom — Darwin’s first liquefied natural gas plant — was a storage tank that operators hailed as a major feat of engineering.

United States
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The merchants of doubt are back

Today 12:15pm

OPINION: If you don’t follow climate policy closely, you might not know that the Trump administration is launching an effort to overturn one of the most fundamental pillars of American climate policy.

Europe
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EU’s record wildfire emissions highlight threat to forest carbon sinks

Mon 1 Sep 2025

As carbon emissions from forest fires spike in Europe, experts warn that wildfires pose a growing risk to national efforts to meet climate goals.

United Kingdom
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

UK Conservatives pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea

Tue 2 Sep 2025

Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party will remove all net zero requirements on oil and gas companies drilling in the North Sea if elected.

Canada
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Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump

29 Jul 2025

After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.

Asia
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Singapore seals carbon credit deal with Thailand, its first South-east Asian partner

Thu 28 Aug 2025

The agreement, the eighth for Singapore, helps both nations meet climate targets under the Paris Agreement, directing finance to Thai projects.

Pacific
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Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say

13 Aug 2025

Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms.

Antarctic/Arctic
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Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'

22 Aug 2025

Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.

Africa
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Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?

Tue 2 Sep 2025

Half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in Liberia, but in 2024, it lost more than 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres) of humid primary forest, according to Global Forest Watch.

South America
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Lessons from the Incas: How llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change

Thu 28 Aug 2025

New research suggests solutions may lie in environmental knowledge that the Incas and their predecessors developed centuries ago.

United Nations
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Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30

20 Aug 2025

Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.

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