In 2014, the G20 Energy Efficiency Action Plan prioritized the establishment of a Transport Task Group (TTG) to promote cooperation among participating G20 countries to develop domestic policies that improve the energy efficiency and environmental performance of motor ve......
China is tackling its air pollution problem but major changes will be needed if it’s to see long term progress, writes Zhang ChunWhen China launched its five-year Air Pollution Action Plan in 2013 it was recognition that the country’s smog problem needed to be brought u......
China may accelerate approvals of green bonds this year as the nation battles a toxic wave of smog, according to Guotai Junan Securities, the nation's top underwriter of the notes.Dirty air has led to more than 60 Chinese cities issuing health alerts in recent months, le......
Adjusting the industry structure and optimizing the energy mix is key to improve air quality. The Hebei government is developing an emissions inventory for iron and steel, cement, power, and glass industries. Inefficient and highly polluting production capacity has been ......
Linfen official names households burning coal as main culprits, but NGOs say heavy industry and lax oversight are responsible, writes Yang YiweiEnvironmentalists and citizens alike are questioning the official explanation for the alarmingly high concentrations of sulfur ......
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pollution was "top enemy" among provincial lawmakers and political advisors at the ongoing plenary meetings across China as various local governments have vowed to tackle the issue.In Beijing, 18.2 billion yuan (2.6 billion U.S. dollars) will......
Vice Mayor Liang Luoye points to the crystal blue lake and green saplings growing alongside and describes the controversy that was raging three years ago over the future of this newly developed Ecological Park. The area had been excavated since 1956 as an open pit mine, ......
China is planning to reduce coal capacity by closing idle mines and giving markets a greater role, says Xu ZhaoyuanXu Zhaoyuan is a senior figure at the industrial economy department in China's State Council Development Research Centre, an agency responsible for policy r......
In his address to the World Economic Forum today, Chinese President Xi showed China’s willingness to step into a growing global leadership role, including on climate change. Xi called for all countries to hold fast to the hard-won Paris Agreement, saying “walking away”......
The Chinese government is taking dramatic steps in order to comply with the coal capacity target laid out in its latest Five Year Plan.The National Energy Administration has announced that 104 planned and under-construction coal power projects – with a total capacity of ......
