Climate Update

POLITIQUE

Wie China sein Erfassungs- und Bilanzierungssystem für Treibhausgas-Emissionen aufbaut, erläutert Janz Chiang, Klimapolitik-Analyst in Peking. Das Land erwartet, dass die EU künftig die chinesische Bilanzierung des CO2-Fußabdrucks ebenso wie Chinas Emissionshandelssystem anerkennt. Teil 4 der Serie.

CAUSES

The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

In Brüssel und Washington geht die Angst vor einer China-Exportwelle um. Bei Solarmodulen und Batterien hat das Land riesige Überkapazitäten. Für kleinere Entwicklungsländer sind die billigen Produkte aber ein Segen – so wie fürs Klima.

POLITIQUE

China’s annual lianghui (两会) – also known as the “two sessions” – ended on 11 March, drawing the curtain on a key political event that saw limited climate targets set for 2024.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE ÉCONOMIE

Beijing is set to further increase its manufacturing and installation of solar panels as it seeks to master global markets and wean itself from imports.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Biden needs to decide if he likes the climate more than he hates China.

POLITIQUE

The government aims to cut the amount of energy needed for its economic growth by 2.5% in 2024, putting it far off track for a key five-year climate target

DROIT & LITIGE

In China kann die Durchsetzung von Umweltgesetzen sehr effizient funktionieren, sagt Liu Mengxing vom Client-Earth-Büro in Peking. Die internationale Umweltrechts-Organisation arbeitet dort mit der Regierung und dem Oberstem Gericht zusammen. Teil 3 der Serie.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

It happened very quickly, so fast that you might not have noticed it. Over the past few months, America’s Big Three automakers — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the oddly named company that owns Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep — landed in big trouble.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

China will den nationalen Emissionshandel stabiler machen und Betrug vorbeugen. Erstmals wird auch der Flugverkehr angehalten, sich auf Ausweitung auf den Sektor vorzubereiten. Doch Analysten üben weiter Kritik.

POLITIQUE

Wegen der EU- und US-Wahlen gibt es 2024 nur ein kurzes Zeitfenster für globale Klima-Fortschritte, sagt Li Shuo, Direktor des neuen "China Climate Hub" der Asia Society in Washington. Gleichzeitig müsse mehrere Jahre vorausgedacht werden. Teil 2 der Serie.

ÉCONOMIE

Les énergies renouvelables ont été la locomotive de la croissance chinoise l’an dernier. Selon une récente étude, les industries liées aux énergies propres ont considérablement stimulé l’économie en 2023

ÉCONOMIE

Clean energy contributed a record 11.4tn yuan ($1.6tn) to China’s economy in 2023, accounting for all of the growth in investment and a larger share of economic growth than any other sector.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

The government will consider incentives to charge electric vehicles at off-peak hours and to let vehicles sell their electricity to the grid

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Build Your Dreams outsells rival in final quarter of 2023 figures for battery-only vehicles

CAUSES

As part of a series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at China, which leads the world in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and coal use – but also on the deployment and manufacture of low-carbon technologies.

CAUSES

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement have increased by 1.1% in 2023, hitting a new record high of 36.8bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the 2023 Global Carbon Budget report by the Global Carbon Project.

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Skip to content Politics & Policy Is China Emitting a Climate Super Pollutant in Violation of an International Environmental Agreement? Concentrations of HFC-23, one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases, remained elevated in East Asia after China, a known past polluter, agreed to curb emiss

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Earlier this month, China published its long-awaited plan to reduce methane emissions. The document is seen as an important step for China, which is the world’s largest emitter of methane.

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By , lead analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) covering air quality and energy trends in China.

POLITIQUE

Die besten Nachrichten dieser Woche sind wieder einmal fast übersehen worden: Chinas CO₂-Emissionen werden voraussichtlich schon 2024 sinken. Und das ist nicht alles, wie Xi Jinpings Besuch in den USA zeigte.

CAUSES

China’s carbon emissions could peak this year before falling into a structural decline for the first time from next year after a record surge in clean energy investments, according to research.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

China is installing about as many solar panels and wind turbines as the rest of the world combined, and is on track to meet its target for clean energy six years early. It is using renewables to meet nearly all of the growth in its electricity needs.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

It’s time to redesign cities for climate change. From rising sea levels in Mumbai to unbearable heat in Houston, cities around the world are feeling the effects of climate change.

CAUSES

Later this month, China will mark the 10th anniversary of the “belt and road initiative” (BRI), its global infrastructure project, at a major international conference in Beijing.

POLITIQUE

China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said today that a global fossil fuel phase-out is unrealistic, dampening hopes that such an aim could be agreed at the Cop28 climate talks.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Die Kubuqi-Wüste in der Inneren Mongolei: Sand und Dünen, so weit das Auge reicht. Ein scharfer Wind treibt die Sandkörner vor sich her. Plötzlich fängt es an zu dröhnen, der Boden zittert. Ein Bagger rammt eine Betonsäule in den Sand. Ratatata.

ÉCONOMIE

In der europäischen Solarindustrie macht sich Panik breit. Der Markt werde von billigen chinesischen Importen geflutet, was europäische Anbieter in den Ruin treibe, heisst es in einer Stellungnahme, die diese Woche bei der EU-Kommission deponiert wurde.

CAUSES

Die Wüste nördlich der Industriestadt Baotou in der Inneren Mongolei erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 150 mal 90 Kilometer – gelbbrauner Sand, so weit das Auge reicht.

CAUSES

At a time when many of China’s exports are faltering and its consumers are spending less at home, the country is flooding the world with cars.

CAUSES

China is approving new coal power projects at the equivalent of two plants every week, a rate energy watchdogs say is unsustainable if the country hopes to achieve its energy targets.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

China, the world’s biggest renewable equipment manufacturer, will set up a recycling system for ageing wind turbines and solar panels as it tries to tackle the growing volumes of waste generated by the industry, the state planner said.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Recent devastating floods in Beijing have put China’s drive to create “sponge cities” which can handle extreme rain to the test.

IMPACTS

SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Floods have damaged corn and rice crops in China's key northern grain-producing belt, traders and analysts said, with more rain in the forecast as another typhoon approaches, threatening to add to global food inflation pressures.

CAUSES

Aug 8 (Reuters) - China's coal imports remained at elevated levels in July after overseas purchases nearly doubled in the first half of 2023, as utilities continued to bring in cheaper supplies to meet peak summer power demand, data showed on Tuesday. The world's top coal consumer imported 39.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Als zweitgrösste Volkswirtschaft der Welt ist China der weltweit grösste Energieverbraucher und der grösste Emittent von Treibhausgasen. Aber China ist auch der grösste und am schnellsten wachsende Produzent erneuerbarer Energien weltweit.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

China has an answer to the heat waves now affecting much of the Northern Hemisphere: burn more coal to maintain a stable electricity supply for air-conditioning.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

China is shoring up its position as the world leader in renewable power and potentially outpacing its own ambitious energy targets, a report has found.

IMPACTS

Residents seek respite from the heat as temperatures above 40C (104F) have been recorded for a third consecutive day in Beijing for the first time

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Wind and solar power are booming in China and may help limit global carbon emissions far faster than expected, according to a new study. Solar panel installations alone are growing at a pace that would increase global capacity by 85% by 2025.

In 2015, China’s President Xi Jinping announced the fund during a state visit to the USA, months before unprecedented US-Chinese climate cooperation helped the world agree to the Paris agreement.

CAUSES

Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) covering air quality and energy trends in China. Qi Qin, China analyst at CREA.

CAUSES

Außer in China beschleunigt sich der Kohleausstieg. Das zeigen zwei neue Entwicklungen aus dieser Woche. Zum einen sieht der neueste Entwurf für Indiens Strompolitik nicht länger den Bau von neuen Kohlekraftwerken vor. In dem Land sind Kohlemeiler mit einer Kapazität von 234.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Can the World Make An Electric Car Battery Without China? It is one of the defining competitions of our age: The countries that can make batteries for electric cars will reap decades of economic and geopolitical advantages.

POLITIQUE

China and Brazil announced this Friday a new collaborative effort to eliminate deforestation and control illegal trade causing forest loss.

CAUSES

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.

CAUSES

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.

IMPACTS

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.

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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.

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.

POLITIQUE

Beim Klimagipfel in Sharm al-Sheikh kann sich China vor Verbündeten ausnahmsweise kaum retten. Klimaschützer applaudieren, denn China stellt sich mit aller Kraft auf die Seite der Entwicklungsländer.

CAUSES

Mehr als 150 Millionen Menschen leben in niedrig gelegenen chinesischen Küstenregionen. Überschwemmungen aufgrund des Meeresspiegelanstiegs würden weit mehr Kosten verursachen als in anderen Ländern.

CAUSES

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.

IMPACTS

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.

IMPACTS

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.

IMPACTS

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.

IMPACTS

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

IMPACTS

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.

IMPACTS

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.

IMPACTS

Die Hitzewelle in China bringt selbst US-Unternehmer Elon Musk ins Schwitzen. Im Onlinedienst Weibo erregte ein Brief der Shanghaier Behörden an die Kollegen in der Provinz Sichuan Aufsehen.

IMPACTS

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.

IMPACTS

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.

IMPACTS

Des vagues de chaleur extrêmes, parfois mortelles, ont touché différents endroits de la planète ces derniers mois, comme l'Europe occidentale en juillet et l'Inde en mars-avril.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

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.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

A major push to install rooftop solar panels on Chinese buildings is putting the nation on track for another record-setting year on renewable energy.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

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.

IMPACTS

Parts of the east and south withered under extreme temperatures, even as health workers in hazmat suits persisted in a round of mandatory coronavirus tests.

IMPACTS

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...

CAUSES

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.

POLITIQUE

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.

SCIENCES

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.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

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.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

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.

ÉCONOMIE

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.

POLITIQUE

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.

CAUSES

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.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

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.

POLITIQUE

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

IMPACTS

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

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

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

CAUSES

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

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

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.

POLITIQUE

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.

POLITIQUE

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.

CAUSES

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.

POLITIQUE

Chinas internationale Klimapolitik folgt kohärenten Linien. Das hat sich auch bei der Klimakonferenz COP 28 in Dubai wieder gezeigt. Teil 1 unserer neuen Serie über die chinesische Umwelt- und Klimapolitik.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

More electric cars will be sold in the country this year than in the rest of the world combined, as its domestic market accelerates ahead of the global competition.

POLITIQUE

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.

DROIT & LITIGE

One of China’s top courts has encouraged judges to hear climate-related cases and weigh up carbon impacts to help the country achieve its emission reduction goals.