Chinese coal boom a ‘direct threat’ to 1.5C goal, analysts warn
A boom in China’s coal power generation is derailing global efforts to limit global heating to 1.5C, analysts have warned. Concerns were raised because Beijing rapidly accelerated plans for new coal power plants in the second half of last year in a bid to increase its energy security.
China KohleChina: What the world’s largest food system means for climate change
China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of food. In 2019, China’s giant food system produced 1.9bn tonnes of CO2 equivalent – around the same as the total annual emissions of Russia, the world’s fourth largest polluter.
Landw. & Ernährung ChinaChina warns of more floods and heatwaves in 2023
China’s weather agency warned regional authorities to prepare for more extreme weather this year after record-breaking temperatures and a lengthy drought played havoc with the country’s power supplies and disrupted harvests last summer.
Asien China Überschwemmungen HitzeWhy the World Is Protesting America's Climate Plan
The U.S. came to last year’s United Nations climate conference in Sharm El-Sheik Egypt riding high. Finally, the country had passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a $369 billion dollar spending package designed to put the country on a path to eliminate its carbon emissions.
China Energiepolitik Energiewende EU & EU Mitgl. USA** RECOMMENDED READING ** Thirteen critical questions for international climate action in 2023
Last year was shaped by events that barely anyone predicted – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, horrendous floods in Pakistan and a hard-fought breakthrough on finance for victims of climate disaster.
Brasilien China COP28 Abholzung Energiecharta-Vertrag foss. Energie Greenwashing Methan Uno Weltbank* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * Who should pay for loss and damage? Spoiler: not China
At this month’s UN climate summit, rich countries agreed to set up a dedicated fund to address the loss and damage caused by climate disasters, after years of blocking. This was a big breakthrough, but it came with a catch: they want to expand the donor pool.
China Klimafinanzierung COP27 Uno* COP27 – CHINA * China’s surprise visit to US-EU event hints at cooperation on methane
China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua unexpectedly dropped in on a Cop27 ministerial meeting led by the US and the EU, raising hopes that the world’s largest emitter will renew cooperation around methane emissions.
China COP27 EU & EU Mitgl. Methan Uno USA* COP27 – ANTI CLIM. LOBBY * How Putin and Friends Stalled Climate Progress
Vladimir V. Putin has long used Russia’s oil and gas as instruments of power at home and abroad. With the invasion of Ukraine in February, he has made them a weapon of war. But he has not acted alone.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Brasilien China COP27 Indien Russland Uno USAChina Is Burning More Coal, a Growing Climate Challenge
China is poised to take advantage of the global urgency to tackle climate change. It is the world’s dominant manufacturer and user of solar panels and wind turbines. It leads the world in producing energy from hydroelectric dams and is building more nuclear power plants than any other country.
China Kohle* COP27 * As Xi reaffirms climate goals, China faces economic and geopolitical headwinds
China reaffirmed its commitment to its climate goals at last week’s party congress and is likely to over-achieve its renewable targets in Xi Jinping’s third term in power, experts told Climate Home News.
China COP27 Emissionsreduktion UnoClimate change has come for the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter
China’s catastrophic summer shows its climate adaptation plans still have a long way to go. China just finished one of its most disastrous summers on record, with record-breaking heat, drought, and wildfires leading to water shortages even into the fall.
ChinaHitzerekorde in China waren schlimmer als die Lockdowns
China erlebte im August die schlimmste Hitzewelle seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen im Jahr 1961, dazu kam eine aussergewöhnliche Trockenheit. Immer wieder stiegen die Temperaturen auf über 40 Grad. Selbst der mächtige Fluss Jangtse war deutlich geschrumpft.
China Kosten d. Klimaerhitzung Trockenheit* HEAT & DROUGHT * China hit by longest and strongest heatwave on record
China has suffered its most intense and sustained heatwave on record this summer, causing wildfires, power outages and crop failures. The heatwave across much of northwest, central and southeast China has lasted 72 days and counting. The previous record set in 2013 was 62 days.
China Trockenheit Hitze* HEAT & DROUGHT * China deploys cloud-seeding planes and cuts electricity use as record heatwave takes toll
China is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as it battles a record-breaking heatwave by seeding clouds, deploying relief funds and developing new sources of supply.
China Trockenheit* HITZE & DÜRRE * Auch in China herrscht Dürre
Kein Wasser im Poyang-See: Durch den größten Süßwassersee Chinas fließt normalerweise ein Jangtse-Nebenfluss. (Foto: Humphery/Shutterstock) Die gesamte Nordhalbkugel der Erde leidet derzeit unter Dürre. Nicht nur in Europa, auch in den USA und China bleibt der Regen aus.
China Trockenheit* HEAT & DROUGHT * China: Millions hit by power cuts amid heatwave
Millions of residents in China's south-western Sichuan province have been hit with rolling power cuts amid a severe heatwave and drought. In the city of Dazhou, home to some 5.4 million people, blackouts are lasting up to three hours, local media report.
China Trockenheit HitzeEn Chine, après les pénuries d'électricité dues au climat, le retour du charbon?
Cela fait plusieurs mois déjà que les problèmes d’alimentation en électricité perturbent l’économie chinoise: en juin et septembre de l’année dernière, les coupures avaient particulièrement affecté le Guangdong, la province la plus riche de Chine, notamment en raison, déjà, de la c
China Kohle Trockenheit Rückkoppelung foss. Energie* U.S. CLIMATE BILL * China responds coolly to US climate bill, rejecting a call to resume cooperation
China rebuffed a call to resume climate cooperation with the US on Tuesday, instead criticising the US’ record on climate finance and asking for an end to sanctions against Chinese solar panels.
China Konflikte Inflation Reduction Act USA* VAGUES DE CHALEUR * En Chine, entre vagues de chaleur de plus en plus sévères et inondations monstres
La tradition chinoise est riche d’enseignements: chaque année, après le solstice d’été vient la période la plus chaude de l’année, aussi appelée sanfutian et qui apparaît déjà dans le Livre des mutations.
Asien China Trockenheit Überschwemmungen HitzeChinese court rules bitcoin mining harms the climate
A judge in Beijing quashed a bitcoin contract on the basis it was not in the public interest, citing incompatibility with China’s carbon neutrality goal A Chinese court has quashed a cryptocurrency mining contract on the grounds that the emissions it generates accelerate climate change.
China ICTWill China’s new renewable energy plan lead to an early emissions peak?
China released its 14th five-year plan (FYP) for renewable energy on 1 June, outlining the country’s renewable energy roadmap for the five years 2021-2025. This is the first sub-sector plan issued since the 14FYP for a modern energy system, published earlier this year.
China Erneuerbare* US SUPREME COURT RULING * China urges U.S. to fulfill climate duties after Supreme Court ruling
BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) - The United States must meet its international obligations on climate change and do more than "shout slogans", China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington's ability to cut power sector emissions.
China USAExtreme Weather Hits China With Massive Floods and Scorching Heat
June 23, 2022, 2:15 a.m. ETJune 23, 2022, 2:15 a.m. ETVideoWater levels in more than a hundred rivers across China have surged beyond flood warning levels, submerging homes, closing businesses and disrupting the lives of almost half a million people.CreditCredit...
Asien China Extremwetter ÜberschwemmungenAnalysis: China’s CO2 emissions see longest sustained drop in a decade
Lauri Myllyvirta, analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air covering air quality and energy trends in China. China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by an estimated 1.4% in the first three months of 2022, making it the third quarter in a row of falling emissions.
ChinaLa Chine innove pour suivre ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre depuis l’espace
Fin avril, la Chine annonçait via le journal le Quotidien du Peuple avoir lancé le premier lidar (une sorte de radar, mais qui fonctionne avec de la lumière) destiné à observer les émissions de CO2 depuis l’espace.
China THG-EmissionenWhat do China’s gigantic wind and solar bases mean for its climate goals?
Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air covering air quality and energy trends in China. Xing Zhang, China policy analyst, at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
China Erneuerbare Solarenergie WindenergieChina’s Banks Are the Last Big Players in Coal Company Financing
As the planet lurches toward catastrophic levels of warming, China’s biggest banks have been ratcheting up their financing of the dirtiest fossil fuel of all: coal. Chinese lenders have helped coal companies raise about $10 billion selling bonds so far this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
China Kohle FinanzmarktUmstrittener Klimaschutz – Wie China und Indien trotz Kohle die Klimawende schaffen könnten
Der Weltklimarat zeigt auf, dass es keine Investitionen in die Kohleenergie mehr geben darf. Peking und Delhi halten sich nicht daran. Das chinesische Jahr 2022 begann aus Sicht des Klimaschutzes mit irritierenden Nachrichten.
China Kohle IndienChina plans huge wind and solar power rollout in Gobi desert
China plans to build 450 gigawatts of wind and solar power capacity in the Gobi desert by 2030, government planner He Lifeng said on Saturday. That’s more than twice the total amount of solar and wind power installed in the USA.
China ErneuerbareChina Moves to Freeze Production of Climate Super-Pollutants But Lacks a System to Monitor Emissions
An aerial photo taken on Sept. 12, 2021 shows a chemical factory being dismantled and relocated along the Grand Canal in Huai 'an City, East China's Jiangsu Province. Credit: He Jinghua / Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
China Synthetische THGAre China’s provinces doing their bit to help hit national climate change goals?
It has been almost a year and a half since Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that China would aim to reach peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. But few provinces have yet to produce detailed plans outlining how they will help the country reach these goals.
ChinaAnalysis: China’s CO2 emissions see first quarterly fall since post-lockdown surge
Lauri Myllyvirta, analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air covering air quality and energy trends in China. China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by around 0.5% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to a year earlier, new analysis for Carbon Brief shows.
China THG-Emissionen
