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Glossary: Decoding how China talks about energy and climate change

China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter as well as the fastest deployer and manufacturer of low-carbon technologies, has issued a series ... Read More

China Policy | Mar 27. 2025.
Cars to be dismantled parked at a scrapped motor vehicle recycling enterprise in Qingzhou city, Shandong province, China. Credit: Sipa US / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2SWEG60.

Q&A: How China’s ‘two new’ policy aims to help cut emissions

China’s central government listed “boosting consumption…and stimulating domestic demand” as its first “major task” for 2025, at the recen... Read More

China Policy | Mar 20. 2025.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders including seated at the at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Explainer: What does China’s ‘two sessions’ mean for climate policy in 2025?

China’s climate ambition at this year’s “two sessions” (两会), which ended on 11 March, was relatively subdued, with analysts expecting eco... Read More

China Policy | Mar 13. 2025.
Builders transfer wind turbine blades to a hoisting site at the construction site in Zhangye, China.

Explainer: How China’s renewable pricing reforms will affect its climate goals

China’s solar and windfarms would no longer be guaranteed sales at a fixed price linked to coal benchmarks, under a new policy released by the cent... Read More

China Policy | Feb 20. 2025.
An automatic assembly line in Chongqing, southwest China.

Analysis: Clean energy contributed a record 10% of China’s GDP in 2024

Clean-energy technologies made up more than 10% of China’s economy in 2024 for the first time ever, with sales and investments worth 13.6tn yuan ($... Read More

China Policy | Feb 19. 2025.
Steel structure cooling tower construction site of the coal-fired unit expansion project, Gansu Power Plant Zhangye, China. Credit: Sipa US / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2WP7PMX.

China’s construction of new coal-power plants ‘reached 10-year high’ in 2024

A “resurgence” in construction of new coal-fired power plants in China is “undermining the country’s clean-energy progress”, says a new joi... Read More

China Policy | Feb 13. 2025.
Prof Wang Can at COP29 in Baku.

The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Wang Can

At COP29 in Baku, Carbon Brief spoke with Prof Wang Can, director of the department of environmental planning and management at Tsinghua University, ... Read More

China Policy | Feb 5. 2025.
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China Briefing 23 January 2025: China’s climate ‘concern’ over Trump; Peak oil debate; China’s energy storage lead

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over th... Read More

China Briefing | Jan 23. 2025.
Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of China, speaks at the China pavilion during COP29. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2YJGEXB.

Experts: What to expect from China on energy and climate action in 2025?

Last year was significant for energy and climate developments in China. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions growth hovered close to 2023 levels throughout... Read More

China Policy | Jan 9. 2025.
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Q&A: What could a US-China trade war mean for the energy transition?

Ahead of Donald Trump’s second term as US president, a rerun of his first trade war with China is firmly on the cards – and minerals key to ... Read More

China Policy | Dec 10. 2024.
High-density residential apartments in Shanghai.

分析:尽管煤电反弹,但中国2024年三季度碳排放未增长

继中国的二氧化碳(CO2)排放量在2024年第二季度出现下降后,第三季度碳排放量与去年同期持平或略低。 Carbon... Read More

Translations | Nov 5. 2024.
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