Businesses and other organizations in China have a new option for buying renewable energy, thanks to a voluntary trading platform for Green Electricity Certificates (GEC) launched this summer. These certificates allow companies to claim the environmental benefits associa......
China must tackle both climate and pollution challenges says finance expert, keeping door open to clean coalChina is rapidly emerging as an important testing ground for the development and implementation of green finance policies. While green bonds account for just 0.2% ......
China aims to cut the concentration of PM2.5 hazardous fine particle matter to 35 micrograms per cubic meter by 2035 from 47 micrograms per cubic meter in 2016, an official said Monday. [Special Coverage]"It will be very difficult to reach the goal, and we need to make g......
China is losing the equivalent of 11 gigawatts of solar power from polluted air, reports Feng HaoChina is investing big in solar PV but new research from Duke University suggests that particulate matter in air pollution is slashing panel efficiency by as much as 17%.Sola......
Major companies in the power-generation sector, including coal, have taken measures to lower pollution from consumption and mining, Party delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China said on Thursday morning.Beijing Thermal Power Plant, a major......
The first greenhouse gas monitoring system in the South China Sea has started the test run, an important move for research on, and the environmental protection of, the South China Sea area.The system will be used for continuous, precise measuring of carbon dioxide and me......
The eighth US-China Energy Efficiency Forum has been held in Denver, in the US State of Colorado.At the forum, both sides agreed that Sino-US cooperation is essential to the low-carbon and green development of the world.Hosted by China's National Development and Reform C......
The collaboration between NRDC and Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau to promote demand response and other demand side resources was selected as one of the three U.S.-China EcoPartnerships in 2017. This is the second time that NRDC's work in China has been recognized as a mode......
The 20th annual meeting of the Long-range Transboundary Air Pollutants (LTP) in Northeast Asia opened on October 11 in Busan, South Korea, said the country's Ministry of Environment on Tuesday.With the participation of experts from China, Japan and South Korea, the three......
Like most other populous emerging markets working on long-term solutions for sustainable development, China has been trying hard to adopt strategies that can achieve multiple objectives. These include shifting to an energy use pattern that relies more on renewable source......
