Forget about the trade spat – coal is passé in much of China, and...
By Hao Tan, Elizabeth Thurbon, John A. Mathews and Sung-Young Kim (김성용)
Australian coal exports to China plummeted last year. While this is due in...
Food – Wars and Pharma – Trailblazing the Way to Human Demise
By Peter Koenig
In this article, Peter Koenig connects the dots and sheds light on how food, drugs, and bombs all play together in the...
Solar Panels on Half the World’s Roofs Could Meet Its Entire Electricity Demand –...
by Siddharth Joshi, Dr. James Glynn, and Shivika Mittal
Rooftop solar panels are up to 79% cheaper than they were in 2010. These plummeting costs have made rooftop...
By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest Is Changing The World
By Elizabeth Economy and Michael Levi
As Chinese economy experiences a slow down and commodities prices are falling, this article explores how Chinese demand and...
China’s Energy Crisis Shows Just How Hard it Will Be to Reach Net Zero
By Jun Du
As the world prepares to discuss more aggressive cuts to carbon emissions at the UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, China has just sent...
What Africa can Learn from China about Climate Change Adaptation
By Anthony Mills
China is already experiencing widespread environmental degradation, particularly as a result of pollution. But the way China is approaching adaptation to climate...
Arctic is Warming Nearly Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World –...
By Jonathan Bamber
The Earth is approximately 1.1℃ warmer than it was at the start of the industrial revolution. That warming has not been uniform, with some...
The Rise of Shenzhen and BYD – How a Chinese Corporate Pioneer is Leading...
By Taylor Ogan and Xiangming Chen
While the world is focussing on if the Chinese government can be a trusted and reliable leader in dealing...
China Makes Developers Pay Compensation for their Ecological Impacts – Here’s how this Unique...
By Shuo Gao, Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland, Joseph William Bull, and Sophus zu Ermgassen
In 2017, the Chinese environmental NGO, Friends of Nature, sued the developer...
China Must Boost Social Sustainability in Order to Meet its Carbon Reduction Targets
By Jonas Törnblom
China has achieved a significant amount in only a few decades, more than any other country in history; however the challenges the...
