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Study on the Impact of Climate Change on China’s Import Trade of Major Agricultural Products and Adaptation Strategies - PMC
2024-04-15 (or before) in National Center for Biotechnology InformationWith global warming, China’s agricultural products are facing severe production conditions and a complex international trade situation. In order to clarify the relationship between climate change and China’s agricultural trade, this paper uses the GTAP model to explore the impact of climate change on China’s agricultural trade from the perspectives of agricultural production and supply, energy substitution and trade policy.
Tagged under: China | Climate Change Impacts
Big four: global momentum
2024-03-13 (or before) in Energy & Climate Intelligence UnitHow the ‘Big Four’ emitters – China, US, India and the EU – could play their part in bending the global emissions curve to point downwards.
Tagged under: Climate Change Mitigation | European Union | India | USA | China
China Suspected of Underreporting Emissions, with Japanese Satellite Finding More CO2
2023-12-08 in The Japan NewsDUBAI — China is suspected of underreporting carbon dioxide emissions in the country, according to an analysis by the Environment Ministry of satellite data. The ministry has compiled a report that says the annual rise in CO2 concentrations is about 1.5 to three times higher than estimates based on emission sources and other data from China. It concludes that the data from China is likely inaccurate.
Tagged under: Climate Data | China
Inside China's Experiment to Save a Melting Glacier - Bloomberg
2023-07-08 (or before) in BloombergThe experiment in the Tibetan Plateau could help preserve thousands of jobs, though it’s a temporary solution as global temperatures continue to rise.
Tagged under: China | Glaciers
Climate effects of China's efforts to improve its air quality - IOPscience
2023-06-25 (or before) in IOPscienceTagged under: China | Air Pollution | Air Quality
Chinese rice farming trials cut methane emissions
2023-03-10 (or before) in China Dialogue | China environment and climate newsTechniques that use less water, produce more rice and emit less methane are gaining traction in China
Tagged under: Farming | China | Methane
Sodium-ion battery gets world-first certification, in new boost for cheaper storage
2023-03-09 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyChina storage company becomes world’s first to get certification of international safety standards of its sodium ion battery.
Tagged under: Batteries | China
China now has enough wind and solar to power every home
2023-02-17 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyChina installed 125GW of new wind and solar capacity in 2022, and now generates enough wind and solar to meet demands of every home, but not industry.
Tagged under: China | Solar Energy | Wind Power
Shrinking glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian energy transitions
2023-01-16 (or before) in The Third Pole - Understanding Water, Climate and Nature in AsiaThe worsening condition of the Parlung No. 4 glacier is causing concern over water supply, flood risk and the viability of hydropower
Tagged under: China
In Graphic Detail: The Polar Silk Route | Hakai Magazine
2022-12-25 (or before) by in Hakai MagazineChina’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative aims to link much of the world through road, rail, and maritime networks, including ice-free routes through the Arctic.
Tagged under: China | Arctic | Trains
China unveils ultra-deepwater drillship
2022-12-23 (or before) by in The Times & The Sunday TimesChina has unveiled a new generation of ultra-deep water drilling ships that put natural resources at the bottom of the world’s deepest oceans within Beijing’s
China blowing hot on compressed air energy storage
2022-11-10 (or before) in asiatimes.comFor decades, global scientists have searched for low-cost methods to store excess electricity generated during non-peak hours for use during peak times. Yet both of the two most commonly used metho…
Tagged under: China | Electricity
China taking ‘aggressive’ steps to gut Canada’s democracy, warns Trudeau
2022-11-07 in The GuardianThe prime minister’s comments come after a news report that Beijing had funded a ‘clandestine network’ of candidates in 2019
Tagged under: China
🌏 Climate tech with Chinese characteristics
2022-10-21 in Climate Tech VCChina is - and must be - part of the climate solution with Alex Li
Tagged under: China
China now has 30 CSP projects with thermal energy storage underway - SolarPACES
2022-10-08 by in SolarPACES - International CSP researchEmail from CSP Focus China 2022, Nov 2&3 in Beijing The development of CSP is entering into a fast track in 2022 here in China. Within the Multi-Energy RE complexes combining with PV and/or Wind, CSP is playing a role as stabilizer and regulator, easing the power fluctuation and curtailment of PV and Wind, through […]
Tagged under: Solar Energy | China
Persistent drought, heat wave continue to smother South China in October; scope of affected area rare case on record - Global Times
2022-10-03 (or before) by in Global TimesWith heat waves continuing to engulf most areas of South China at the beginning of October with some places still record temperature more than 40 C, which break the historical record of same period in previous years, northern and middle parts of China look likely set for a cold snap, followed by a drastic drop in temperature overnight.
Tagged under: Drought | China | Rivers
Climate change has come for the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter
2022-09-29 by in VoxChina’s catastrophic summer shows its climate adaptation plans still have a long way to go.
Tagged under: China | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change
The Supply Chain to Beat Climate Change Is Already Being Built
2022-09-08 (or before) in BloombergLook at the numbers. The huge increases in fossil fuel prices this year hide the fact that the solar industry is winning the energy transition.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | China | Climate Change
China reports ‘most severe’ heatwave and third driest summer on record
2022-09-07 in The GuardianAverage temperature in August was 1.2C higher than norm, which caused widespread drought
Tagged under: Extreme Rainfall | Heatwaves | Drought | China
Dugong: Animal that inspired mermaid tales extinct in China - BBC News
2022-08-24 (or before) in The BBCThe dugong, a relative of the fabled manatee, has been declared functionally extinct in the region.
Tagged under: China
Saudi Arabia’s EV Battery Bets Are a Warning
2022-08-24 (or before) in BloombergApart from China, no country has managed to achieve manufacturing scale. That may be about to change.
Tagged under: Batteries | China | Saudi Arabia
China's worst heatwave in 60 years is forcing factories to close | CNN Business
2022-08-16 by in CNNChina's Sichuan province has ordered all factories to shut down for six days to ease a power shortage in the region as a scorching heat wave sweeps across the country.
Tagged under: Heatwaves | China
Myth buster: China and India’s carbon emissions | Friends of the Earth
2022-07-18 (or before) in Friends of the EarthWe’ve heard it before, “have you seen the emission figures? Look at China and India, it’s all their fault!”. This is a myth that we’ll debunk by addressing some popular beliefs surrounding global emissions.
Tagged under: China
Green Energy’s Dirty Secret: Its Hunger for African Resources
2022-07-04 (or before) by in Foreign Policy - the Global Magazine of News and IdeasThe scramble for battery metals threatens to replicate one of the most destructive dynamics in global economic history.
Tagged under: Batteries | Congo | China | Minerals | Africa | Colonialism
Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits
2022-06-24 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyFrom the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more resembled the dog days of August with parts of China and Japan setting all-time heat records Friday.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | China | Arctic | Russia | Japan
China official says wheat crop may be ‘worst in history’
2022-06-06 (or before) in World-Grain.com | World GrainHeavy rainfall during planting has reduced acreage by one-third.
Tagged under: Extreme Rainfall | China
China 'trumps' the west by pledging larger share of IMF relief to African nations
2021-12-01 in Climate Home NewsPresident Xi Jinping promised to share around a quarter of China's pandemic recovery boost with Africa, more than European and American countries
How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy
2021-11-21 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Congo | China | Greenhouse Gases | Cobalt | Barack Obama | US Politics
China's new climate plan promises to peak CO2 emissions before 2030
2021-10-29 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: China | COP26 | Climate Change
China’s new climate plan falls short of Cop26 global heating goal, experts say
2021-10-28 in The GuardianWorld’s biggest carbon emitter makes little advance on targets set out in 2015 in announcement days before vital UN talks
Tagged under: China | COP26 | Greenhouse Gases
Nature-based solutions in action: Lessons from the frontline
2021-08-25 (or before) in BondFrom a farmers’ seed network in China that supports agroecology by conserving traditional seeds, to large-scale watershed management in glacial mountain ecosystems in Peru, this report highlights successful nature-based solutions.
Tagged under: Farming | China | Water Resources
Heat, Floods, Fires: Jet Stream Is Key Link in Climate Disasters
2021-07-25 (or before) in BloombergDeadly weather as far apart as China, Germany and the U.S. reveal the devastating impact of a swinging jet stream.
Tagged under: China | Germany | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Extreme rainfall in China: over 25 inches falls in 24 hours, leaving 33 dead » Yale Climate Connections
2021-07-22 in Yale Climate ConnectionsZhengzhou received more than a year’s worth of rain on July 20.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Extreme Rainfall | China
Death toll rises and thousands flee homes as floods hit China
2021-07-21 in The GuardianTorrential rainfall and burst rivers swamp Henan cities, with commuters trapped on subway trains
Tagged under: Extreme Rainfall | China | Greenhouse Gases | Rivers | Greenpeace | Trains
Hundreds of fishing fleets that go ‘dark’ suspected of illegal hunting, study finds
2021-06-02 in The GuardianVessels primarily from China switch off their tracking beacons to evade detection while they engage in possible illegal fishing
Tagged under: Argentina | China | Pacific Ocean | Fish | Wildlife
‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour
2021-05-17 in The GuardianControversial deal with China would be disastrous for fishing and protected rainforest, say opponents
Tagged under: China | Rainforests | Africa | Fish
The race for rare earth minerals: can Australia fuel the electric vehicle revolution?
2021-04-16 in The GuardianChina dominates supply of the elusive metals, which are vital to modern technology, but finding new sources is becoming a global priority
Tagged under: China | Greenhouse Gases | Minerals | Electric Cars | Cars
Turning the Supertanker
2021-04-15 (or before) in TransitionZeroPowering Chinas coal to clean transition with actionable analytics
Q&A: What does China’s 14th ‘five year plan’ mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief
2021-03-12 in Carbon BriefIn short, the five year plan’s outline sets a 18% reduction target for “CO2 intensity” and 13.5% target for “energy intensity” from 2021 to 2025.
Tagged under: China | Climate Change
China biodegradable plastics 'failing to solve pollution crisis' - BBC News
2020-12-27 (or before) in The BBCChina's increase in biodegradables is outpacing its ability to degrade plastic, warns Greenpeace.
Tagged under: China | Greenpeace
China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here's why we should be worried | Arwa Mahdawi
2020-12-15 in The GuardianBeijing is aiming to control rain and snow across half the country. But it is the reason it wants to do this that is really frightening, says Arwa Mahdawi
Tagged under: China
Microplastic pollution devastating soil species, study finds
2020-09-01 in The GuardianResearchers in China saw big reductions in organisms that play a crucial role in recycling carbon and nitrogen
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | China
Alarm over discovery of hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels near Galápagos Islands
2020-07-28 in The GuardianThe fleet, found just outside a protected zone, raises the prospect of damage to the marine ecosystem
China must reject coal power in its post-COVID-19 stimulus
2020-03-18 (or before) in The World Economic ForumWhen China jump-starts its economy after containing the coronavirus, it must do so without deploying capital into stranded coal power investments. Here's why.
From loo roll to dumplings: Hong Kong protesters weaponise purchasing power
2020-01-23 by Verna Yu in The GuardianThe ‘yellow economic circle’ movement aims to promote locally owned businesses – and shun Chinese ones
Tagged under: China | Activism | Economics
Whitehall needs more scientists to compete with China: chief adviser
2020-01-12 in The GuardianSir Patrick Vallance says: ’Science impacts every part of our lives, so scientists should be there at the table, all the time’
Tagged under: China
China Set for Massive Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
2019-11-23 (or before) in BloombergChina has enough coal-fired power plants in the pipeline to match the entire capacity of the European Union, driving the expansion in global coal power and confounding the movement against the polluting fossil fuel, according to a report.
Tagged under: China | Coal | Climate Change
EU, China agree to work together on clean energy
2019-04-10 in Climate Home NewsAfter a Brussels summit dominated by trade tensions, the two major powers presented a united front on climate change and clean energy
Tagged under: China | Climate Change | European Union
Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
2018-11-16 by Jonathan Watts in The GuardianRanking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming
Tagged under: China | Canada | Russia | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Fusion breakthrough as China's "artificial sun" reaches 100 million degrees
2018-11-15 in New AtlasThe day of clean, limitless energy from nuclear fusion has taken another step closer after China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reached a core plasma temperature of over 100 million degrees Celsius (180 million degrees Fahrenheit).
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | China | Nuclear Fusion
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