US-China Climate Change Battle Could Prolong Life
According to new evidence, there is a devastating trade-off between coal-fueled economic growth and human life expectancy. Any progress in the U.S.-Chinese climate change talks could pave way for a...
View ArticleObama’s Climate Position and his “Grand Strategy”
If China and the United States are able to further their negotiations on climate change, it will further inspire global efforts to reduce pollution and clean up the environment, writes Zhao Xingshu.
View ArticleChina Tightens Air Pollution Standards
As climate change and air pollution levels continue to make news, Walker Rowe examines the air pollution debate from an historical context – laying out how the United States has progressed since the...
View ArticleChina and Russia Form an Enduring Partnership
The 30-year, $400 billion gas contract, signed between Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom and China during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Shanghai to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping...
View ArticlePrimer on Beijing’s Slice-and-Dice Approach to Energy and Climate Reform
Whenever U.S. and Chinese government officials meet to discuss opportunities for cooperation on energy and climate change, those discussions often boil down to questions about timing, at least from the...
View ArticleThe Bumpy Road to China’s Shale Revolution
While China’s National Energy Administration recently revised its fuel-switching agenda, Michal Meidan points out that this policy alteration is not a sign that the government’s commitment to shale is...
View ArticleWhat China Is Doing to Clear the Air and Fight Climate Change
Responding to a report by the Nikkei on China’s environmental pollution, Feng Zhaokui acknowledges China’s struggle with the environment and addresses how ecological and environmental issues are not...
View ArticleBeijing’s Bear Hug on Russian Oil
Russia’s desire to cushion the impact of recent Western sanctions combined with China’s attempts to reduce its reliance on oil imports from the Middle East has created an opportune partnership for the...
View ArticleNo Copenhagen Déjà Vu
China and other large, carbon-emitting nations were absent at the UN Climate Summit in New York, signaling contravention with the global community’s call to develop cleaner energy sources to combat...
View Article2014 APEC: Catalyst for Global Climate Change Action?
Can China provide intellectual leadership on climate change and green infrastructure? While Chinese President Xi Jinping may be missing this year’s UN Climate Summit, Stewart Taggart explores the...
View ArticleControlling CO2 Emissions Starts with China and Clean Coal
The US, China and India compose about half of all global CO2 emissions. Through “dirty coal” import bans and new technological advances, China hopes to decrease its 2020 carbon emissions by 45% from...
View ArticleHow China Made Its Climate Change Decision, and Why It Will Stick
The consensus amongst the political elite in China since the 11th Five Year Programme issued in 2006 has been that climate change is a reality, and that its fiercest impact will fall on their country...
View ArticleWill US Be Able to Deliver on Its Deal with China to Reduce Carbon Emissions?
Since China and the United States are the two biggest national emitters of carbon, the recently announced bilateral agreement is considered essential to concluding a new global accord, because unless...
View ArticleChina Tightens Air Pollution Standards
As climate change and air pollution levels continue to make news, Walker Rowe examines the air pollution debate from an historical context – laying out how the United States has progressed since the...
View ArticleChina’s South-North Water Transfer Project: An Unsustainable Diversion
The South-North Water Transfer Project represents an impressive feat in human engineering to bring between 4 and 20 percent of Yangzi river water to the water-scarce North China. However, as Britt...
View ArticleCarbon Reduction: A Challenge for Both China and US
The commitments made at the Xi-Obama summit to reduce CO2 emissions are significant yet challenging for both nations to carry out over the next decade. The U.S. faces a more conservative Congress, and...
View ArticleWhy the World Not Excited about Obama’s New Power Plan?
The ambitious U.S-China climate proposal created new emissions standards for U.S. domestic power plants, which will reshape the power sector on a state-by-state basis. The 30% CO2 reduction target is...
View ArticleWill Climate Commitment Constrain China’s Economic Growth
Chinese economists predict growth will slow from the current 7% to around 5% if China's carbon emissions are to peak in 2030. Qi Ye posits that climate commitment may constrain China’s economic growth...
View ArticleBuilding a Cleaner China from the Grassroots Up
Increasingly, China’s local environmental groups are finding themselves well positioned to ensure governmental support for environmental improvement and accountability. The national government of China...
View ArticleRide the Early Tides of a Sea Change
Newly adopted climate mitigations have caused China’s coal and electricity consumption to fall the first time this century. Coal and heavy industries were the most targeted sectors, which has led to...
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