https://www.scmp.com/rss/323277/feed Tom Baxter is a communications officer at Greenpeace East Asia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On New Year’s Day 2018, a new Chinese regulation banning the import of 24 different types of waste will come into force, sending shock waves through the ­global, multibillion-dollar waste disposal and ­recycling industry. Though the regulation is primarily designed to address major environmental and health issues in China, it will also be a genuine global disrupter. It has the potential to propel many waste-exporting countries – who for far too long have taken an “out of sight, out of mind”... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126098/24-reasons-why-chinas-ban-foreign-trash-wake-call-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126098/24-reasons-why-chinas-ban-foreign-trash-wake-call-global?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Dec 2017 03:32:39 +0000 The world of climate diplomacy flipped on its head last week. US President Donald Trump’s abandoning of the Paris Agreement, foreshadowed by his tweets, was both a rejection of the global community’s consensus to tackle one of the greatest dangers facing humanity, and a leap into geopolitical isolation for America. In response, China was keen to reaffirm its pledge to the Paris deal: Trump’s jump into isolation seemed to give Beijing one more reason to march forward in its emerging climate... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2097128/china-can-lead-climate-change-battle-it-needs-world-its-side?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2097128/china-can-lead-climate-change-battle-it-needs-world-its-side?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:26:48 +0000 Hangzhou’s ( 杭州 ) three days of high-level political meetings sent out big signals on global climate action. The historic Sino-US announcement to formally ratify the Paris climate deal and the G20’s discussions on the Paris accord have hugely increased the likelihood that the agreement will come into force this year, far earlier than expected. This momentum must continue. However, the G20 also showed us how much more action the world’s largest economies must take. The lack of progress, yet... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2018020/others-must-now-follow-china-us-climate-action-or-be-left?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2018020/others-must-now-follow-china-us-climate-action-or-be-left?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Sep 2016 03:00:15 +0000