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How China is attempting to change nature conservation
China is undergoing a great experiment — tightly controlled and driven by big data — that it hopes will offer an alternative way of protecting the planet. For all our sakes, let’s hope it works.
China’s other half: Wilderness
China is known for its megacities, but 42% of it is wilderness — the barren and primitive, but also pockets of spectacular biodiversity. As the country’s adventurers discover the joy of exploring these places, they are challenging preconceived notions of China’s relationship with nature. They also bring the power to destroy or protect.
Is China going to eat Pakistan’s fish?
There have been multiple reports of Chinese trawlers off the coast of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The Chinese consul-general in Karachi says they have not engaged in illegal fishing, but locals fear for the future of their fish stocks.
A boots-on-the-rooftop view of China’s solar photovoltaic boom
Can private companies make a profit pursuing clean energy? In one eastern China province, at least so far, the answer is yes.
China is providing the world a roadmap to an electrified future
Clean and affordable private transportation is the element missing from so many urban plans for more climate-friendly living. With its rail system, public transportation, and abundance of electric two-wheelers, China is offering the developing world a model for transitioning into clean energy.
Gold in the sewage: An environmental monitoring SME focused on water lists in Shanghai
Bescient Technologies produces automated systems for monitoring water quality, and its IPO application has just been approved.
The performative state of China’s environmental governance
Iza Ding, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses how performative and substantive governance influence environmental protection efforts in China.
The monk vs. the tigers: A story of Chinese environmental change
A compassionate monk arrived at an abandoned temple near Hangzhou with the task of making the area safe from tiger attacks. His tactics weren’t groundbreaking, but his results — at least for historians — tell us more about the region than we could have otherwise known.
Between planet and Party, China’s decarbonized future is hazier than ever
As Europe burns and China swelters through a merciless summer, the Paris climate goals are a distant mirage. Determined to double China’s GDP by 2035 and overtake the U.S., it seems impossible that Xi Jinping can meet both his political and environmental commitments.
‘Trash Talk’: A marine debris exhibition in Hong Kong
A small-scale exhibition entitled “Trash Talk” highlighted the work of a beach cleanup collective in Hong Kong and invited visitors to reflect on their contribution to marine waste.
Flash floods leave at least a dozen dead in China
Though summer floods are common in China, at least 12 people are dead and more are missing in Sichuan while more heat waves are predicted in other parts of the country.
Three tornadoes, record rainfall, and blistering heat waves raise climate alarm in China
Extreme weather has hit areas all around China in the past week, as Beijing forges on with new policies to reach its climate goals.
China rolls out another plan to adapt to climate change
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and various other departments, yesterday published a new plan to tackle climate change amid another season of heavy rainfall that has already left at least 32 people dead in southern China.
High-speed train accident kills one, injures eight in Guizhou Province
A Guangzhou-bound train derailed after plowing into landslide debris, but China’s high-speed railway network has proven to be remarkably safe despite the country’s mountainous geography and climate extremes.
NGLC Giving Circle awards nearly $20,000 to emerging organizations combating climate change
“Across the world, targeting specific groups—in our case, people who love the outdoors—and empowering locals to use their voices to get more support, that is absolutely what we need more of,” says Kyle Obermann, co-founder of China Outdoors Collective.
Can China’s cement industry be cleaned up?
China produces almost 60% of the world’s cement and accounts for most of the colossal carbon footprint of the industry. Plans and new technology are afoot to clean up cement, but it might prove to be largely impossible.
China doubles down on coal
Forget clean energy: The approval of a new mega-mine in Ordos, China’s mining hub, shows that Beijing is still committed to mining coal.
Decarbonizing China with Giuliana Auinger
Giuliana Auinger, Asia Head of Sustainability for Schneider Electric, discusses the challenges of sustainability and decarbonization in China.
Eco-activism, sustainability, and food security in China: A conversation with Sonalie Figueiras
Sonalie Figueiras, founder of Hong Kong-based sustainability platform Green Queen, talks about China’s environment and food security goals, and challenges that censorship presents for eco-activism.
Tencent pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030
As one of the world’s largest operators of data centers, Tencent was responsible for 5.1 million tons of carbon dioxide last year, roughly one-tenth of what the entire city of New York emitted in 2020. The company is apparently aware of the problem and is seeking multiple methods to achieve zero emissions.
