Sep 25, 2018
Pisces Foundation
Pisces Grantees Recognized for Collaborating to Make Real Change
This past Tuesday, the Pisces Foundation co-hosted Super Pollutant Day spotlighting actions to cut climate “super pollutants,” like methane, black carbon, and HFCs.
Sep 19, 2018
South China Morning Post
China and California rise above US trade war for action on climate change
China and California are seeking to push past the trade war to shore up their joint front in the fight against climate change, with a three-day summit in San Francisco this week.
Jun 10, 2018
Aided by close control and stimulus from government, China has seen huge success in its campaign to reduce industrial energy inefficiency. What is responsible for recent gains, and what can emerging economies such as Brazil learn from the mechanisms China used?
May 22, 2018
China Daily
Positive moves to lift energy partnership
Insiders believe China and the United States have good prospects and tremendous potential for cooperation in the fields of energy investment and trade.
Jan 2, 2018
China Dialogue
Five things to know about China’s national carbon market
During a 2015 bilateral meeting with the United States, President Xi Jinping announced a plan to launch a nationwide emissions trading system (ETS) by 2017. This was something of a moonshot for the world’s biggest emitter: the creation of the largest carbon market in the world.
Jan 2, 2018
The Huffington Post
China Unveils World's Largest Carbon Market
As President Donald Trump’s administration takes steps backward in the world’s fight against climate change, China is ramping up its commitment.
Jan 2, 2018
China’s long-awaited nationwide emissions trading scheme (ETS) will be officially launched on 19 December, starting with the power sector only, according to a document from National Development Reform Commission (NDRC).
Jan 2, 2018
China Daily
Carbon trade system opens to utilities
China started the world's largest carbon trading system on Tuesday, sending strong signals that it plans to use the market as a key policy tool to curb emissions and also is keeping its Paris Agreement commitments.
Jan 2, 2018
Financial Times
China moves towards launch of carbon trading scheme
China has taken the first step towards launching its much-delayed carbon emissions trading scheme by setting emissions quotas for companies in the power sector.
Jan 2, 2018
The New York Times
China Unveils an Ambitious Plan to Curb Carbon Emissions
China released plans on Tuesday to start a giant market to trade credits for the right to emit planet-warming greenhouse gases. The nationwide market would initially cover China’s vast, state-dominated power generation sector, which produced almost half of the country’s emissions from the burning of fossil fuels last year. If it works as intended, an emissions market will give Chinese power companies a financial incentive to operate more cleanly.
