China to synergise reduction of pollution, carbon emissions
The country aims to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and realise carbon neutrality before 2060.
Environment
At COP27 summit, PM Shehbaz seeks climate compensation, debt relief for Pakistan
Pakistan and other climate-vulnerable countries are demanding that the UN take steps to mobilise “loss and damage” funds for disaster-hit nations.
Pollution curbs lifted in Delhi
Residents in the capital have been waking up in recent weeks to hazy mornings with the sky a shade of grey.
UN chief warns climate inaction ‘suicide pact’
Nations worldwide are coping with increasingly intense natural disasters that have taken thousands of lives and cost billions.
Call for wetlands to be prized and protected: China Daily editorial
Although there have always been those refusing to acknowledge climate change's negative impacts, the consequences are too conspicuous and devastating to ignore.
Fighting the calamitous climate crisis: More urgent now than ever
Germany, its partners, and South Africa are setting up a Just Energy Transition Partnership and are investing billions in renewables.
Limits to Growth author: China a leader in climate change response
In the view of Jorgen Randers, "the politics of the 21st century will be dominated by physical boundaries, especially in the climate area".
Australia’s impossible climate juggling trick
“It wants to be a ‘green energy superpower’ while remaining one of the largest fossil fuel exporters in the world”, the author writes.
Stop institutional grabbing of forests
The paper urges government agencies to set an example of preserving forests, rather than destroying what's still left of them.
Greening coal plants
Without significant progress in the development of renewable energy, efforts to retire the coal plants mean taking them off PLN's books, rather than reducing Indonesia's emissions.