China Archive

China’s green tech surge could turn global climate politics on its head

25 Jan 24 - Beijing’s industrial policy gives it an interest in forcing others to decarbonise more.

China engineers complete largest solar farm on Earth in UAE ahead of Cop28

27 Nov 23 - The 4 million panels in the desert outside Abu Dhabi will reduce carbon emissions by 2.4 million tonnes per year and power 200,000 households.

China rolls out product carbon footprint directive in bid to meet global standards

24 Nov 23 - State planner NDRC sets new policy to calculate, label carbon footprints for ‘key products’ as EU moves toward carbon border tax.

China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy

14 Nov 23 - China’s carbon dioxide emissions are set to fall in 2024 and could be facing structural decline, due to record growth in the installation of new low-carbon energy sources.

China on alert for extreme winter weather as El Nino adds to global warming mix

13 Nov 23 - Each part of the country should prepare for its own combination of extreme weather risks this winter, the China Meteorological Administration said.

China unveils action plan to reduce methane emissions

10 Nov 23 - China published its long-awaited plan to tackle climate-warming methane on Tuesday, but included no firm targets for reducing those emissions - only goals for re-using them as fuel.

Amid tensions with US, China tightens controls over exports and imports of key commodities

10 Nov 23 - China has asked exporters to report transactions of strategically important rare earth metals and oxide products, as economic security remains high on the agenda for policymakers.

China to unveil new maritime cooperation initiative at belt and road summit

19 Oct 23 - ‘Major plan’ will cover sustainable use of marine resources, biodiversity conservation and climate change, official says.

China tries to reduce geopolitical risks for EV supply chain

3 Oct 23 - As the political tension between China and the US continues, the Chinese government is enhancing the country's EV supply chain to avoid battery technology outflow and learn critical techniques from...

China opposes ‘not realistic’ global fossil fuel phase-out

25 Sep 23 - China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua has said that a global fossil fuel phase-out is unrealistic, dampening hopes that such an aim could be agreed at the COP28 climate talks.

China gives EV sector billions of yuan in subsidies

25 Sep 23 - China's generosity to the electric vehicle sector when it comes to handing out subsidies has come under fresh scrutiny since the European commission announced an investigation into the matter.

China car sales grow in August, Tesla nearly doubles EV share

12 Sep 23 - China's passenger vehicle sales returned to growth in August year-on-year, as deeper discounts and tax breaks for environmentally friendly and electric vehicles boosted consumer sentiment even as...

At least 55 injured as Typhoon Saola makes landfall in China

5 Sep 23 - More than 50 people are injured and hundreds are seeking shelter after Typhoon Saola made landfall in China's Guangdong province early Saturday morning.

China’s summer of climate destruction

1 Sep 23 - China's summer this year has seen both extreme heat and devastating floods.

China has perfectly tangled the battery value chain with electric vehicles - a combo the US and Europe will find hard to beat

22 Aug 23 - Batteries are the single most valuable part of an electric vehicle (EV), representing 30–45% of the cost for light duty vehicles and ~50% for heavy duty.

China’s two climate directions

18 Aug 23 - While the U.S. and Europe have enacted sweeping policies to fight climate change in recent years, China has always had the potential to undermine those successes.

How China is using nuclear power to reduce its carbon emissions

16 Aug 23 - China recently approved the construction of six more nuclear reactors, cementing its status as the world’s fastest-growing nuclear power producer.

China avoids climate change discussion despite extreme weather

14 Aug 23 - Record heat and historic floods in China this summer have failed to ignite domestic public debate about how the world's top carbon polluter can mitigate climate change, leaving campaigners frustrated...

China: Typhoon Doksuri floods Beijing, thousands evacuated

1 Aug 23 - Authorities have issued the highest weather alert as Beijing is hit with the remnants of typhoon Doksuri.

Is China’s surge in coal consumption just a passing phase?

31 Jul 23 - China’s increase in coal use is inflicting damage on its green credentials, given its progress in developing renewable energy.

18 Jul 23  Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims

13 Jul 23  China power plants beef up production amid surging electricity demand

10 Jul 23  China is pumping out carbon emissions as if COVID never happened.

3 Jul 23  Energy security: China doubles down on renewables and coal

30 Jun 23  China’s solar is now at twice the capacity of its coal power – report

27 Jun 23  China study: clean energy switch could save thousands of lives, earn billions of dollars

23 Jun 23  Despite billions, China’s state-run agribusiness company still turns to deforesters

20 Jun 23  Chinese cities break heat records, stressing electricity grid

15 Jun 23  China carbon goals, green transition within reach

8 Jun 23  Confusion surrounds China’s pledged climate finance towards the Global South

9 May 23  German climate envoy urges China to look beyond coal for energy-secure future

13 Apr 23  China to ship climate change aids to developing nations

5 Apr 23  China may meet solar, wind goals five years earlier

3 Apr 23  Biden’s landmark climate bill lures China’s clean energy giants

31 Mar 23  Legacy auto faces disaster in China with unsellable cars as pollution crunch looms

17 Mar 23  A warmer, wetter climate challenges a Chinese eco-farm

13 Mar 23  Chinese rice farming trials cut methane emissions

24 Feb 23  China urged to place ‘wellbeing’ above GDP amid climate threat

21 Feb 23  China: What the world’s largest food system means for climate change

15 Feb 23  World’s largest onshore wind turbine, and the first to reach 10MW, debuts in China

9 Feb 23  China’s rice farming trials cut methane emissions and increase yields

7 Feb 23  How will EU’s ‘green tariff’ impact China’s carbon market?

31 Jan 23  China fast-tracking renewable energy

13 Dec 22  Climate-based tariffs by US, EU on Chinese steel and aluminium would ‘set a concerning precedent for China’

1 Dec 22  China, covid and climate

30 Nov 22  Should China be let off the hook for climate finance?

25 Nov 22  Hong Kong exchange carries out first carbon credit trades

27 Oct 22  The world's biggest source of clean energy is evaporating fast

6 Oct 22  Our solar powered future is already China’s reality

5 Oct 22  China’s climate push could spawn new global players, even if Beijing falls short on its pledge

23 Sep 22  China tells Europe to not backslide on climate commitments

8 Sep 22  China droughts highlight energy challenge as climate heats up

31 Aug 22  Sichuan uses 5000 solar panels to boost power supply

24 Aug 22  China's unprecedented 70-day heatwave is breaking multiple records

9 Aug 22  Chinese companies seek global carbon market for green hydrogen

3 Aug 22  China releases plan to guide carbon-intensive industries to reach peak emissions by 2030

27 Jul 22  China greenlights carbon economy degree to aid its climate goals

14 Jul 22  China to build more low-carbon communities

11 Jul 22  China’s domination of solar a risk to zero-carbon future: IEA

8 Jul 22  Shanghai to trial personal carbon accounts

20 Jun 22  China announces ban on industrial projects to combat climate change in key zones

16 Jun 22  China cuts carbon emissions per unit of GDP by half from 2005

10 Jun 22  Rebooting China’s carbon credits: What will 2022 bring?

31 May 22  China’s climate change Pacific reset

31 May 22  China’s CO2 emissions see longest sustained drop in a decade

8 Apr 22  China’s emissions expected to peak in 2027: state think tank

4 Apr 22  China’s funding for overseas coal projects under construction to release 300 million tonnes of emissions a year

30 Mar 22  What does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?

28 Mar 22  China's carbon market has a credibility problem: analysts

23 Mar 22  Designer of China carbon market sees expansion delayed

16 Mar 22  China slams firms for falsifying carbon data

7 Mar 22  A reprieve for coal? Xi Jinping urges ‘realism’ on China’s road to carbon goals

3 Mar 22  Reaching peak carbon early could save hundreds of thousands of lives in China

28 Feb 22  China mining ban adds to Bitcoin's environmental footprint: study

24 Feb 22  290 million new city dwellers benefit China's climate balance

22 Feb 22  Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall in China

11 Feb 22  China's steelmakers get 5 more years to reach peak carbon output

1 Feb 22  Beijing expected to relaunch the China Certified Emission Reduction scheme

27 Jan 22  Cutting carbon to take backseat to ‘normal life’ in China: Xi Jinping

25 Jan 22  Slow phasing out of polluting cars a drag on China’s climate targets

24 Dec 21  Ozone-destroying greenhouse gas emissions from China increased significantly: Study

23 Dec 21  China ETS reduces carbon but needs map to cap-and-trade based system: study

21 Dec 21  2022 is a year to call out greenwashing in China: Bloomburg

20 Dec 21  China’s Alibaba pledges carbon neutrality by 2030

26 Nov 21  China's carbon emissions fall for first time since COVID lockdowns: report

23 Nov 21  China creates vast research infrastructure to support ambitious climate goals

18 Nov 21  Don’t be too critical on China for changing pledge on coal: EU climate chief

22 Oct 21  With models under $5,000, China accounts for half the world's electric car sales

13 Oct 21  China's coal convulsion threatens climate goals

11 Oct 21  China to set up standards of carbon neutrality

28 Sep 21  China's belt and road policies could hurt environment and indigenous communities

23 Sep 21  China signs up to hydrofluorocarbons treaty

23 Sep 21  China to stop funding overseas coal projects

17 Sep 21  Climate experts fear Aukus will dash hopes of China emissions deal

30 Aug 21  China has carbon neutral goals, but at local level old habits die hard

27 Aug 21  China to increase carbon sinks in the ocean

24 Aug 21  China’s new carbon trading market isn’t working

16 Aug 21  China's carbon market records its first cross-border deal

28 Jul 21  China avoids coal projects in Belt and Road for first time

23 Jul 21  Introducing China’s carbon market

19 Jul 21  China's carbon market tops 210 million yuan in first-day trading

15 Jul 21  China to launch ETS this month

14 Jul 21  China's extreme weather warnings avoid talk of climate change

7 Jul 21  Powerful Chinese agency put in charge of climate change

1 Jul 21  Fact check: Is China the main climate change culprit?

15 Jun 21  The US$2000 EV ute

10 Jun 21  China tempers climate change efforts

27 May 21  China to launch carbon trading market next month

20 May 21  Greening the world's largest energy grid

17 May 21  Solar panel industry uses forced Uyghur labour

20 Apr 21  China slams European border levy proposal

9 Apr 21  The decline of coal in China

8 Apr 21  Bitcoin emissions threaten China's climate targets

8 Mar 21  China to cut energy intensity, but no consumption cap

2 Mar 21  China’s dirty covid-19 recovery

12 Feb 21  China’s energy agency floats increase in renewables target

11 Feb 21  China’s crackdown on illegal CFC gases is working

4 Dec 20  China might ban coal-power investment abroad

1 Dec 20  European states ordered to respond to climate suit

1 Dec 20  China to force firms to report use of plastic in new recycling push

20 Oct 20  China hits out at US climate record

20 Oct 20  How China can be carbon-neutral by 2060

30 Sep 20  China's new climate goal could transform global heating

18 Sep 20  China considers going ‘carbon neutral’, peaking emissions

31 Aug 20  Petrochina pledges emissions cut

10 Aug 20  Nitrous oxide from 11 Chinese plants a potential climate catastrophe

24 Jul 20  UN chief confronts China over coal boom,

22 Jun 20  China’s Erin Brockovich goes global to stop China

2 Jun 20  Why is there so much furore over China’s Belt and Road?

12 May 20  Belt and Road backers failing to protect nature

19 Mar 20  China's greenhouse emissions rise 2.6%

24 Feb 20  What’s holding back China’s bamboo furniture makers?

21 Feb 20  Coronavirus cuts China’s CO2 emissions

13 Dec 19  China’s top climate negotiator steps down

15 Nov 19  China's energy-sector emissions still on the rise

30 Oct 19  How can China tame e-commerce emissions?

27 Sep 19  China’s tree-planting drive could backfire

12 Sep 19  UN confident China will raise climate ambition

30 Aug 19  ELECTROCULTURE: How China is trying to spark up crop yields

28 Aug 19  How is China faring at sustainability reporting?

16 Aug 19  Warming worsens China's pollution problems

12 Aug 19  China makes way for even more coal mines

8 Aug 19  China busily expanding its UN presence

1 Aug 19  Can China electrify all new cars by 2030?

31 Jul 19  China likely to meet climate change goals early

29 May 19  China succeeds in greening its economy

7 May 19  How China is redrawing the map of world science

1 May 19  Coal deals go down at China’s ‘green’ summit

17 Apr 19  China eyes nuclear fusion power by 2040

5 Apr 19  Chinese consumers ignore calls to eat less beef

1 Apr 19  Can the world quench China’s thirst for milk?

5 Mar 19  China’s coal consumption on the rise

25 Feb 19  China eyes solar power stations in space

31 Jan 19  Coal mining likely cause of China emissions rise

29 Jan 19  China returns to Edison for power solution

18 Dec 18  There's no problem a billion cockroaches can't handle

14 Dec 18  SILENT REVOLUTION: It's all power to the e-bus in this city

6 Dec 18  Pure electrics shine as China shows off cars of the future

28 Nov 18  China drags chain on emissions trading scheme

23 Nov 18  Mangroves are on the march

12 Nov 18  China faces pressure over illegal greenhouse gases

1 Nov 18  Chinese city launching own moon to save on power bill

28 Sep 18  What the Chinese people think about climate change

20 Sep 18  Just where on Earth is China's climate highway leading us?

11 Sep 18  China cracks down on distant fishing fleets

5 Sep 18  Animal waste is turning China's lakes green

9 Aug 18  China again starts building coal-fired plants

2 Aug 18  New Chinese-led banks missing the point

2 Aug 18  Quite soon, this crowded part of China will be unsurvivable

25 Jul 18  Why China must show stronger climate leadership

12 Jul 18  Chinese lead green bonds charge

5 Jul 18  China carbon emissions in retreat

4 Jul 18  China's seafood boom will be felt globally

2 Jul 18  China wants better clean-air standards

27 Jun 18  China producing banned ozone-damaging chemicals

20 Jun 18  China frets over 'blind' electric vehicle growth

9 May 18  China is the alternative universe of car industry

7 May 18  Coal pollution is poisoning China's rice

2 May 18  China's solar power boom can be seen from space

1 May 18  Belt and Road will cost the environment

16 Apr 18  China builds a road so smart it will change the face of driving

11 Apr 18  China makes a huge new green ministry

10 Apr 18  China has the boldest renewable energy plan

28 Mar 18  US asks China to reconsider ban on foreign waste

27 Feb 18  China could become a leader in green finance

14 Feb 18  Has China's growth shaken free of carbon?

31 Jan 18  How will China’s new carbon trading scheme work?

23 Jan 18  Why China wants to rule green-energy markets

22 Jan 18  Why coal city switched all 8000 taxis to electric

14 Dec 17  Belt-and-road countries could top China’s emissions

7 Dec 17  China’s footprint threatens to trample the natural world

30 Nov 17  Can China actually lead on climate change?

28 Nov 17  China reverses flow of carbon emissions

24 Nov 17  China likely to hit peak emissions around 2030

3 Nov 17  Is China the leader UN climate talks need?

26 Oct 17  Pollution getting in the way of China's solar goals

24 Oct 17  No China, so what happens now to world’s recycling?

15 Sep 17  China takes aim at high-end solar market

14 Sep 17  China readies for ethanol fuels binge

12 Sep 17  China’s sponge cities aim to re-use 70% of rainwater

11 Sep 17  China to ban sale of fossil-fuel cars

1 Sep 17  China smashes solar power target ... by three years

16 Aug 17  China readies world's largest carbon-trading market

25 Jul 17  China to ban import of foreign waste

24 Jul 17  Volvo e-car push reflects China’s leadership ambition

14 Jul 17  China signed big coal deal days before G20 pledge

12 Jul 17  Diplomats assess China’s climate leadership promise

12 Jul 17  ON YER BIKE: China launches smog-eating bicycles

28 Jun 17  Praising China’s carbon market shows how low the bar has fallen

28 Jun 17  Six million in China just went 100% renewable for a week

13 Jun 17  China's clean energy ambition floats on abandoned coal mine

12 Jun 17  China carbon market might launch early

17 May 17  China promises green investment strategy

11 May 17  China busy planning ahead for life after coal

8 May 17  GET LOST: Beijing pulls 180,000 polluting vehicles

5 May 17  China wants fish, so Africa goes hungry

21 Apr 17  China gets tough on shipping emissions

11 Apr 17  HIGH TIDE: Rising waters threaten China’s rising cities