China

Legislation

Study: Chinese climate plan pays for itself

New MIT study suggests cost of climate policies targeting CO2 reduction will be more than cancelled out by reductions in healthcare costs from air pollution

clock 27 April 2018 • 2 min read

Buildings

China joins World Green Building Council community

Move hailed as 'hugely significant' given China's position as largest building construction market in the world

clock 03 April 2018 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

'Energy transition city': China targets lowest-carbon Winter Olympics yet

Zhangjiakou, co-host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, signs deal with International Renewable Energy Agency to boost renewables use ahead of games

clock 26 March 2018 • 1 min read

Carbon Accounting

US and Chinese companies team up to drive zero carbon, zero waste strategies

New Race to Zero campaign recruits business superstars such as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alibaba founder Jack Ma to push climate action amongst US and Chinese companies

clock 23 March 2018 • 2 min read

Policy

Hard Brexit fears mount, as report argues strong green rules would boost UK trade prospects

Green Alliance think tank highlights opportunities from rapidly growing low carbon markets in EU as well as emerging economies such as India and China

clock 21 February 2018 • 5 min read

Energy

Heineken sets new renewables goal, as Carlsberg downs its CO2 levels

Brewing giants separately announce progress towards cutting carbon and fossil fuel energy use across their global operations

clock 13 February 2018 • 3 min read

Solar

BYD solar chief: 'This will be a milestone year for PV plus storage'

Tom Zhao, MD of the Chinese battery and electronics giant's solar division, eyes big things on the horizon for solar storage projects, particularly in the UK

clock 12 February 2018 • 5 min read

Automotive

Renault-Nissan-Mitsibushi hook up with China's Didi for electric car-sharing scheme

Carmakers are exploring the potential for a major new electric vehicle car-sharing programme in China

clock 09 February 2018 • 2 min read

Investment

China green bond market sets fresh records

China's green bond market continued to expand last year year as the economic powerhouse targets 10-fold growth over next three years

clock 08 February 2018 • 2 min read

Solar

Solar eclipsed? Trump angers solar sector with 30 per cent import tariff

President's protectionist levy widely criticised as both pointless and damaging to US manufacturing, but could the tariffs soon be struck down by the WTO?

clock 23 January 2018 • 6 min read