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Chinese official: Chinese and US Climate Action Linked
Geoffrey Henderson Li Junfeng, director general of China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy, says China is studying its climate action options. In an article on the UN Climate Summit, The...
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Press Call on U.S.-China Climate Discussions
Lauren Zelin, Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson When President Obama and President Xi Jinping meet next week in Beijing, climate change and energy will be important topics of discussion. As the...
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US and China Strike Deal on Climate Change -- "Now You're Talking"
Paul Joffe This post originally appeared on WRI’s Insights blog:The American expression “now you’re talking,” actually means “now you’re getting real.” Getting real on steps to confront climate change...
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Hank Paulson: A Time of Leadership on Climate Change
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Secretaries of Commerce and Energy to Lead Clean Energy Trade Mission to China
Geoffrey Henderson U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz recently announced plans for a Business Development Mission to China in April, intended to promote U.S....
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Daniel Kammen on Implementing the U.S.-China Climate Accord
Geoffrey Henderson ChinaFAQs expert Dan Kammen describes the implications of the U.S.-China climate accord for the international climate negotiations and for each country. Kammen emphasizes the...
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Making Plans: Steps in Development of China's Crucial 13th Five Year Plan
Geoffrey Henderson ChinaFAQs expert Angel Hsu and her team at Yale’s Environmental Performance Measurement program have developed an interactive timeline that lays out the steps China is expected to...
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U.S.-China Accord Includes Important Steps on Non-Fossil Energy
Lin Jiang The U.S.-China joint announcement on climate change is an historic milestone to limit carbon pollution. This agreement between the world’s two top economies, which together emit nearly 45...
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Coal Limits and Possible Early Carbon Peak Previewed by China Climate and...
Geoffrey Henderson Professor Qi Ye, director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy, commented at London-based think tank IPPR on his expectations for China’s upcoming 13th Five Year Plan,...
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Reports from China Suggest Low-Carbon Shift in 2014
Geoffrey Henderson Drawing on preliminary energy demand data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, Bloomberg New Energy Finance has estimated that China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 2...
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Looking Toward Nuclear Expansion, China Works with U.S. on Safety*
Jane Nakano For many years, Chinese regulators have learned about nuclear safety from working with the United States, but nuclear safety cooperation is becoming increasingly a two-way street. Nuclear...
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Momentum For Paris Agreement Builds from U.S.-China Climate Change Pledges
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson With the U.S. release of its proposal for the international climate negotiations and proposals expected soon from other countries, the negotiations are intensifying....
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US-China climate cooperation could be model for more bilateral deals
Sarah Forbes and Joanna Lewis This op-ed originally appeared on The Hill’s Congress Blog:When U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping jointly announced major targets to combat...
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The G-2, The Paris Climate Deal, and the Need for Additional Cycles of Action
Angel Hsu and Andrew Moffat Given last November’s historic joint climate announcement, much anticipation has been focused on the contributions of the United States and China towards December’s Paris...
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China Announces Next Steps in Shift to Low-Carbon Path
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson As China unveiled its contribution (“INDC”) to the international climate negotiations, affirming the pledges it made in its joint announcement with the U.S. in...
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Strategic and Economic Dialogue announces climate progress, ChinaFAQs and...
Geoffrey Henderson For the full briefing notice including speakers, topics, and the video recording, click hereAt this week’s U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, D.C., the two...
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Stronger Commitments from China and US Are Breakthrough for International...
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson With the current climate negotiations reaching a conclusion in Paris this coming December, we are at a pivotal moment in the global effort to address climate change...
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China Is Raising Its Climate Ambition, Experts Say
Geoffrey Henderson This post originally appeared on WRI’s Insights blog:China is increasing its ambition in addressing climate change, and it has a strong national interest in sustaining its actions....
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Steel production, air pollution, and electricity prices
Geoffrey Henderson China’s top steel-producing city—Tangshan, Hebei province—is undergoing campaigns to reduce smog through stringent pollution standards and to tackle overcapacity, which entail...
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