China

Automotive

Electric vans to join production line at London Taxi Company's new EV plant

London Taxi Company to develop range-extended light commercial electric vans in addition to producing electric black cabs

clock 23 March 2017 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Report: Coal power plant pipeline goes into 'freefall'

Study details how global pipeline for new coal plants has almost halved in the past year, as shift to cleaner power sources gathers pace

clock 22 March 2017 • 4 min read

Legislation

Client Earth's James Thornton: 'Brexit is an opportunity to get much tougher on air pollution'

Veteran environmental lawyer and ClientEarth founder chats to BusinessGreen about Brexit, China's bid to build an 'ecological civilisation', and why the UK government is failing to uphold the Climate Change Act

clock 21 March 2017 • 1 min read

Investment

Green Bond index market heats up with BlackRock launch

BlackRock launches its own Green Bond Index Fund, as Shenzen Stock Exchange partners with academics and Luxembourg Stock Exchange to form new Chinese Green Bond index series

clock 21 March 2017 • 2 min read

Climate change

IEA: Global greenhouse gas emissions flat for third consecutive year

Emissions from China and the US fell during cycles of economic growth, confirming decoupling trend

clock 17 March 2017 • 2 min read

Climate change

'Airpocalypse' smog events in China linked to melting ice cap, research reveals

Stagnant weather caused by fast-melting Arctic ice helped create conditions for China's recent extreme air pollution events, scientists say

clock 16 March 2017 • 3 min read

Solar

Solar power growth doubled in 2016 driven by China and US demand

Figures from trade body SolarPower Europe show all-time record of 76.2GW installed worldwide in 2016 - twice the capacity added in 2015

clock 08 March 2017 • 3 min read

Climate change

Are China's carbon emissions about to fall?

Greenpeace analysis of official Chinese government forecasts suggests carbon emissions from the world's biggest polluter could drop one per cent this year

clock 28 February 2017 • 2 min read

Energy

Reports: Beijing sets new goal to slash coal use 30 per cent this year

Mayor quoted as saying already demanding target for city-wide coal use will be strengthened still further

clock 06 February 2017 • 2 min read

Politics

China: 'All parties must stick to Paris Agreement '

Addressing delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Chinese premier Xi Jinping says tackling climate change is a "responsibility" countries must assume to protect future generations

clock 17 January 2017 • 2 min read