Extreme 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...

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Analysis: 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.

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Keine Rettung des Klimas ohne China

China ist von der Klimaerhitzung stark betroffen. Im Norden dehnt sich die Wüste immer weiter aus, im Süden leiden viele Regionen unter Hochwasser, und die Städte sind auf die Extremwettereignisse nicht vorbereitet.

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La 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.

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Why China is set to significantly overachieve its 2030 climate goals

China, which is currently the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, is said to be “doubling down” on coal and gas in the wake of a domestic energy crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Abhängig von Chinas Sonne

Diese Solarfabrik in China gehört einem bayerischen Unternehmen, die meisten haben chinesische Eigentümer. (Foto: AE Solar/​Wikimedia Commons) Putin hat mit seinem Ukraine-Krieg unfreiwillig einen Schub für die Energiepolitik erzeugt.

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Kohle in Indien und China  – Die grösste Klimasünderin feiert ein Comeback

Kein anderer Rohstoff schadet dem Klima so stark wie Kohle. Doch wegen des Kriegs in der Ukraine und der Hitze in Indien ist sie gefragt wie nie. Davon profitiert auch eine Schweizer Firma. 

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What 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.

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China’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.

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China doubles down on coal

By Somini SenguptaGlobal Correspondent, ClimateChina’s emissions are crucial. Here’s where the country is headed.What happens in China doesn’t stay in China. Certainly not when it comes to global warming.

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Umstrittener 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.

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Analysis: What does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?

Since then, China – the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) – has seen an intense push to increase the production and supply of coal, its main energy source.

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China 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.

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Guest post: Is China living up to its pledges on climate change and energy transition?

Dr Xie Chunping, policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Magali di Marco, ancienne triathlète et députée Verte au Grand Conseil valaisan, commente les conditions climatiques de Yanqing

Play RTS vous permet de visionner ou d'écouter de nombreuses émissions tv ou radio, quand et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.

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Chinas Kampf gegen die Verwüstung

Sträucher, Blumen, sogar ein Gemüsegarten –am Rand der Tengger-Wüste ist in Malanhu eine kleine Oase entstanden - wo noch vor zehn Jahren Ödnis war.

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China 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

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Are 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.

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Q&A: What does China’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate change?

Two days prior to the start of COP26 last month, China submitted its updated 2030 climate pledge and a new long-term climate strategy (LTS) to the UN.

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The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Wang Yi and Prof Wang Zhongying

At COP26 in Glasgow, Carbon Brief’s Hongqiao Liu was granted a rare – and lengthy – interview with two of the Chinese government’s senior advisors on climate change.

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Analysis: 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.

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Bündnis der Klimasünder – China und USA vereinbaren überraschend Zusammenarbeit

Politisch haben die beiden Länder derzeit grossen Ärger. Doch bei der Klimakonferenz schmieden die zwei grössten Klimasünder der Welt ein Bündnis. Was steckt dahinter?

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