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Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Zhang Shan: economic significance of climate negotiations has already surpassed World Trade negotiations (Google translation)
On January 31, the UNFCCC requested national governments announce whether or not they will associate with the Copenhagen Accord. Zhang Shan, an NGO observer to the COP15 talks in December of last year, offers a detailed analysis regarding the Copenhagen Accord in this opinion piece. Zhang asserts that signing the Accord will force the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) countries to accept unilateral concessions from developed countries; will perpetuate global criticism of China in the media; Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
China Records Its Climate Actions By Copenhagen Accord Deadline
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China has submitted its proposed climate mitigation actions to the UNFCCC in a letter dated January 28, ahead of the January 31, 2010 deadline in the Copenhagen Accord. Given Premier Wen Jiabao’s hands-on role, along with President Obama and the leaders of India, Brazil and South Africa, in creating the Accord last month, it is encouraging to see China demonstrate its commitment to moving global climate negotiations forward.
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Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
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After Copenhagen, BASIC countries hold first meeting (Google translation)
Accounting for 41% of world population and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, the BASIC countries—Brazil, South Africa, India, and China—met in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss the road to COP16 in Mexico City this November. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
China and Copenhagen: Resolutions for 2010
We’ve posted a blog discussing our view on China and the Copenhagen Accord. Here’s a small excerpt. Click on the link to NRDC’s Switchboard blog for the entire post.
The proof of how constructive each of the countries has been will be in whether we have an effective, binding climate agreement before 2010 is through… The hard work has really just begun and every country will have the opportunity in the coming year to rise to the occasion. So we should put aside the recriminations and get on to the business of forging a new climate agreement in 2010.
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Renewable Energy Law Revision Passed, new energy industry will be shuffled (Google translation)
The National People’s Congress Standing Committee approved an amendment to the national Renewable Energy Law to be implemented by April of this year. The revision will bring about two major changes in the new energy industry: first, all energy produced from renewable or new energy sources will be permitted to be sold, under the condition that the industry meets national standards regarding energy stability and safety standards; industries that do not meet these standards will continue to be held accountable to a minimum energy production requirement before energy can be sold. Secondly, the revision establishes a state financed renewable energy development fund to compensate for the cost difference between conventional energy sources and renewable power. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
The world focuses on Premier Wen Jiabao; after “overtime”, “Copenhagen Accord” released (Google translation)
The “Copenhagen Accord” agreed upon by the BASIC nations (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) and the USA reached some notable compromises after two weeks of emotional, high-pressure meetings. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
The Copenhagen Accord: A Big Step Forward
The Copenhagen climate deal that President Obama hammered out Friday night with the leaders of China, India, Brazil and South Africa broke through years of negotiating gridlock to achieve three critical goals. First, it provides for real cuts in heat-trapping carbon pollution by all of the world’s big emitters. Second, it establishes a transparent framework for evaluating countries’ performance against their commitments. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Copenhagen in Pictures – Time to Step Up to an Agreement (Updated)
[Update (Beijing 1/10/2010): The rest of the Copenhagen meeting is history now. It was an exhausting two weeks that did not do as much as we'd hoped, but pushed forward in a number of important ways. We have posted our take on China and the Copenhagen Accord here. Our staff's complete series of blogs on the Copenhagen meeting can be found here. Onward to a final agreement in 2010!] [Update (3:25pm local time): Wen and Obama both spoke this morning and we are clearly not yet at an agreement. Wen’s talk contained important language about transparency, international dialogue and cooperative … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Britain, US increase pressure on China at climate summit (Google translation)
As the international climate negotiations enter their last days this week, China is facing increasing pressure from the international community, and especially the UK and US. Much noise has been made about China’s willingness to accept MRV (measurable, reportable, and verifiable) standards for its carbon reduction programs. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Copenhagen Media Report – Day 9
Today, access to Bella Center is even stricter. Heads of states are arriving starting from today, including Gordon Brown. Right now, some of our luckier NRDC colleagues are inside the Bella Center attending conferences, while the others are standing in a desperately long queue, blogging with freezing fingers. Highlights of yesterday： Africa staged a virtual walkout, putting things on hold for about 6 hours and forcing the negotiations to regroup and restructure. Fortunately, COP President Connie Hedegaard was able to broker an end to the walkout, and negotiations resumed at 8pm. A few new texts came out last night focusing … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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