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To Achieve its New Climate Goals, China Must Look to its Buildings
Maoqi Sun and Jennifer Layke This post is co-written with Clay Nesler, the vice president for global energy and sustainability at Johnson Controls. This post is adapted from a similar post on WRI’s...
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Chinese and U.S. Cities, States and Provinces Announce Climate Targets and...
Geoffrey Henderson At this week’s U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles, eleven cities and provinces from across China committed to reach a peak in their carbon dioxide emissions before the...
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U.S.-China Presidential Summit Offers Opportunity on Climate Change
Valerie Karplus Climate change looms large among the many issues on the table at the upcoming meeting of Presidents Xi and Obama in the U.S. next week. Any new developments at that meeting will build...
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US-China Cooperation is Good News for the Climate
Deborah Seligsohn The US-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change is a landmark for the bilateral relationship in terms of its specificity and ambition. This is especially true given that many...
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On the Path to Paris, Obama and Xi Invite Stronger Global Climate Ambition
Valerie Karplus The latest Obama-Xi announcement sends a strong message: the two nations are acting fast to enable a global low carbon transition. Friday’s joint announcement is an unprecedented step...
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US-China Climate Change Announcement Signals New Phase for Global Action
Geoffrey Henderson, Kristin Meek, David Waskow, Athena Ballesteros and Paul Joffe This post originally appeared on WRI’s Insights blog:Nearly a year ago, the United States and China laid out their...
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China, the U.S., and France: Paris and the Road Ahead
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson While the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (for short, COP21) officially begins on Monday, November 30th in Paris, the...
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China in Paris: New Responsibility, New Optimism
Deborah Seligsohn From the Paris Climate NegotiationsThere is an infectious enthusiasm among the Chinese delegation, both actual negotiators and the many academics the Chinese government brings along...
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Climate Change in Paris; Air-Pocalypse in Beijing. What’s the connection?
Deborah Seligsohn From the Paris Climate NegotiationsBy now everyone who follows environmental news or looks at the front page of major newspapers knows that in the last two weeks Beijing has suffered...
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In Paris, China Announces Promising Elements of National Emissions Trading...
Ranping Song From the Paris Climate NegotiationsNegotiators from around the world have gathered in Paris to finalize a global climate agreement, which will be supported by the commitments of over 180...
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Where Wai (outer) meets Nei (inner): How China’s international and domestic...
Michael Davidson and Valerie Karplus From the Paris Climate NegotiationsNational goal-setting—an expected key outcome from the Paris climate talks currently underway—is a common fixture of...
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Data Transparency: New Dynamic at COP-21 in Paris
Angel Hsu, Andrew Moffat and Kaiyang Xu From the Paris Climate NegotiationsCOP-21 provided key insights into China’s evolving view on emissions MRV as national leaders committed to continue building...
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Press Call on China's Climate Action and the 13th Five Year Plan
Geoffrey Henderson China’s 13th Five Year Plan, to be released in the coming days, will provide a blueprint for the country’s economic, social, and environmental development through 2020. More...
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In China and Beyond, Action Plans Provide a Path for Improving Building...
Sifan Liu This post originally appeared on TheCityFix.Unique to China, Five-Year Plans (FYPs) are blueprints that central, state and local governments draft and implement to guide social and economic...
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5 Questions: What Does China’s New Five-Year Plan Mean for Climate Action?
Geoffrey Henderson, Ranping Song and Paul Joffe This post originally appeared on WRI’s Insights blog:China has officially unveiled its 13th Five-Year Plan, which will guide the country’s economic and...
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China’s Low-Carbon Strategy: Could a Carbon Tax Play a Role?
Carla Freeman and Bo Li As reflected in the emphasis on “green development” of the recently-released 13th Five Year Plan, China’s leaders recognize the need to shift to a more sustainable,...
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China’s Thirteenth Five-Year Plan Paves the Way for a CO2 Emissions Peak
Valerie J. Karplus Based on recent economic developments and the newly-released Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, China is well on its way to reaching its climate goal of peak CO2 emissions by 2030.The Plan...
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Press Call Analyzing China's 13th Five Year Plan
Geoffrey Henderson China recently released its 13th Five Year Plan, which will guide China’s economic, social, and environmental policy through 2020. The plan makes clear that China is integrating...
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How China's 13th Five-Year Plan Addresses Energy and the Environment
Deborah Seligsohn and Angel Hsu This post originally appeared on ChinaFile.For the first time ever, a senior Chinese leader announced in his work report to the National People’s Congress—his most...
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U.S. and China To Sign, Join Paris Agreement This Year, Deepen Cooperation on...
Geoffrey Henderson The United States and China have issued a joint presidential statement confirming that they will each sign the Paris Agreement on April 22nd and take steps to join the agreement as...
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