https://www.scmp.com/rss/324390/feed Yixiu Wu is programme director with Ecocycle, a Shanghai-based research tank focusing on energy and circular economy. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com With about 40,000 people gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh for this year’s UN climate talks (COP27), participants are once again scrutinising how much of a chance is left for human beings to avoid runaway climate change. As usual, China’s climate action progress has come under the spotlight. This has been a year of record-breaking climate disasters. China, like many other parts of the world, has suffered from unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, wild fires, floods and power outages. More than ever, the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3199797/cop27-china-must-clear-confusion-over-its-decarbonisation-plans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3199797/cop27-china-must-clear-confusion-over-its-decarbonisation-plans?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:30:25 +0000 On May 14 and 15, 28 heads of state and government leaders will convene in Beijing for the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. At a time when much of the world is recoiling into protectionism, the Belt and Road Initiative represents China’s unprecedented entry onto the global stage. A new chapter of the China story is unfolding. China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’: what is it, who’s paying, who’ll benefit and who might lose out The success of the initiative, which spans 65... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2093441/how-chinas-belt-and-road-can-pave-way-global-sustainability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2093441/how-chinas-belt-and-road-can-pave-way-global-sustainability?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 May 2017 09:36:33 +0000