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China should consider increasing Paris climate pledge early – government thinktank
Influential agency recommends China, which is likely to beat its 2030 target for cutting carbon, revisit the pledge it made to the UN deal
China reshuffle brings ‘challenges’ for national carbon market: senior official
Many more staff need training on the emissions trading system as climate policy moves to a new, enlarged environment ministry, says director Li Gao
China’s new environment ministry unveiled, with huge staff boost
New offices required to house mega-department, but will climate change survive as a priority after being shifted out of the powerful development commission?
China has long been captivated by the promise of coal
For centuries, notions of abundant coal have fed China’s sense of its place among the great nations of the world. Now it is being asked to give it up
As China counts its emissions, has growth shaken free of carbon?
As the economy surged in 2017, experts are divided over whether emissions stayed flat. It could mean pollution has peaked more than a decade earlier than expected
The Chinese coal city that electrified its entire taxi fleet
Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, replaced 8,000 petrol-powered taxis with electric vehicles in a single year. What did we learn?
Macron urges Chinese people to “make our planet great again” – in Mandarin
French president did not announce any new climate initiatives with Xi Jinping on China visit, but his efforts to learn the language went viral
China to launch nationwide carbon market next week: officials
The emissions trading scheme will initially cover only the power sector, not heavy industry as planned, but will nonetheless become the biggest in the world
Belt and road countries could emit triple China’s carbon, warns official
Top green finance official Ma Jun tells a conference in Paris that China wants international support to clean up its investments abroad
China reverses coal ban after gas shortage leaves residents freezing
After an anti-air pollution drive left many without heat, China’s government has relaxed a ban on coal across 28 northern cities
Canada and China to strengthen cooperation on climate, carbon markets
On a state visit to Beijing, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau struck a deal that will weave climate action into a potential trade agreement
No heating at -6C: Poor bear brunt of Beijing’s air cleanup
Urban demands for cleaner air have left residents of surrounding towns without heating and cooking as coal systems are ripped out and gas supply falters
Kevin Rudd: ‘I don’t know how Malcolm Turnbull faces his grandkids’
Australia’s former prime minister talks about the failure of his country’s climate policy, the rise of China and the Carmichael coal mine
Xi expected to skirt climate issue with Trump
US-Sino relations viewed as too important to be upset over climate change, say observers close to the Chinese government
UN climate talks: India puts heat on rich countries, China takes softer stance
While India has loudly criticised a decision on the commitments rich countries made up to 2020, their partner in the ‘like-minded’ bloc was not like-minded
Tensions emerge over timetable for raising climate ambition
China, India and other emerging economies are opposed to any mandatory raising of national climate pledges before 2020
Is China the leader UN climate talks need?
Xi Jinping’s trillion-dollar overseas investment strategy has not caught up with his green rhetoric, environmentalists warn as countries head to Bonn climate summit
India’s Modi pushes international solar agreement
Indian prime minister says renewables are “particularly important” to the development of five nations meeting in Xiamen
Climate threatens ‘Himalayan Viagra’ fungus, and a way of life
A valuable fungus reputed to be an aphrodisiac has been disappearing from the mountains of Nepal, taking with it a valuable source of income
Volvo electric vehicle push reflects China’s leadership ambition
Car giant’s move away from the internal combustion engine will fuel Chinese dominance in emerging clean technology