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How China completely redefined a key energy target

Mar 18, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Lauri Myllyvirta |Huang Lushan

When the National Bureau of Statistics released China’s key economic and social data for 2023 at the end of last month, an apparent technicality had even greater significance than the numbers themselves. Yet it went almost completely unnoticed. The bureau said energy consumption had grown faster than GDP, but that energy intensity had fallen by 0.5%.
Two Sessions: What it means for China’s climate policy in 2024

Mar 14, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Lin Zi |Cui Qiwen |Huang Lushan

“The foundation for China’s sustained economic recovery and growth is not solid enough,” stated Premier Li Qiang in the government’s work report published on 5 March. The report is the central part of China’s “Two Sessions” meetings. Delivered by the premier, it outlines government achievements from the past year and sets goals and directions for the coming year. It is also usually when the country’s GDP growth target for the year is announced. What are the Two Sessions?
How a Nigerian ecofeminist grew a climate movement

Mar 8, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Brian Obara |Huang Lushan

Oladosu Adenike isn’t your typical revolutionary. While others might dream of toppling regimes by storming the barricades, this soft-spoken Nigerian with a fire in her eyes is leading a quieter revolution: a green one. Her path to climate activism was not sparked by televised reports of environmental decline, but by witnessing the years-long conflict over land in Benue State, in Nigeria’s North Central region, while she was pursuing her undergraduate studies.
‘It worries me deeply’: Five Chinese experts on climate change

Mar 7, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Huang Lushan

Last year the world was warmer than in any since records began. China experienced a spate of heatwaves, droughts, rainstorms and typhoons. This extreme weather was down to a mixture of human-caused climate change and the return of the El Niño natural weather phenomenon. We are all more likely to feel the impact of climate change now that extreme weather is the new normal. As a result, energy transition, climate adaptation and related issues have become more pressing than ever.
Two Sessions: EVs dominate Chinese provincial plans

Mar 5, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | You Xiaoying |Huang Lushan

Editor’s note: The research and writing of this article took place before the central government released its work report on 5 March. “New energy vehicles” (NEVs) is the big buzz phrase for China’s provincial leaders and political advisers as they plan their work for 2024 in the energy sector, China Dialogue found ahead of the country’s top annual political and legislative meetings.
‘Not a job, but a conviction’

Jan 16, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Huang Lushan

John Kerry’s political career has spanned geographies and the world’s most challenging issues. But to none did he accord as much importance as the climate crisis. “Climate change is deeply personal to me,” Kerry told the 2016 UN climate summit in Marrakesh, days after Donald Trump’s election, describing inaction as “a moral failure”.
Climate and health: How to build on COP28 progress?

Jan 10, 2024 | chinadialogue.net | Xia Zhijian |Cui Qiwen |Huang Lushan

Last year, the world emerged from the coronavirus pandemic only to face a spate of weather disasters and the hottest 12 months on record. The topic of climate change and health, their interrelated causes and solutions, has become more important than ever. Health became a focus at the COP28 UN climate change conference in Dubai, where fossil fuels and energy targets took centre stage.
Why China didn’t sign global pledge to triple renewables

Dec 13, 2023 | chinadialogue.net | Lin Zi |Huang Lushan

On day three of the COP28 UN climate negotiations in Dubai, applause greeted the news that Mexico had signed up to a global commitment to triple renewable power capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030. It brought the number of countries making the commitment up to 118. That has since swelled to 123. China Dialogue asked experts why China, despite being a world leader in renewables, has not signed.
Avinash Persaud: ‘At some point, China should contribute to climate finance’

Dec 7, 2023 | chinadialogue.net | Fermin Koop |Huang Lushan

As it opened last Thursday, COP28, this year’s UN climate summit, kicked off on a high note with an agreement to put into operation a long-awaited fund to help compensate vulnerable nations for the impacts of climate change. Governments collectively pledged more than US$400 million to this “loss and damage” fund during the first days of the conference, which is being hosted in Dubai.
Global warming on course for 2.9C, UN report warns

Nov 21, 2023 | chinadialogue.net | Catherine Early |Huang Lushan

Countries must make far greater efforts to implement their climate strategies this decade to stand a chance of keeping global temperature rise within 1.5C of the pre-industrial average. Continued delays will only increase the world’s reliance on uncertain carbon dioxide removal technologies (CDR), according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). In its latest annual assessment of progress on global climate action, the Emissions Gap Report 2023, UNEP pointed to progress since the Paris Agreement.