https://www.scmp.com/rss/511268/feed Cecilia Han Springer, PhD, is the assistant director of the Global China Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, working on the environmental impacts of China’s overseas investment, energy policy in China and industrial decarbonisation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com One year ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping captured headlines at the 76th UN General Assembly when he declared that China would stop building new coal-fired power plants overseas. The announcement was notable, as China was the largest provider of public finance for overseas coal-fired power plants. While other major financiers restricted support for coal, over the years, China had become the lender of last resort for some countries still seeking to develop coal power. This was a blot on China’s... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192609/make-xis-clean-energy-vows-reality-china-must-strengthen-its-green?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192609/make-xis-clean-energy-vows-reality-china-must-strengthen-its-green?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Sep 2022 01:15:08 +0000 As the dust settles in the wake of the UN climate change summit, one announcement deserves more attention amid the main headlines of coal, cars, cash and trees. The US-China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s brings together the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters at a moment when their bilateral relationship is otherwise in a deep freeze. This bright spot of cooperation deserves praise, particularly for the specific discussion on reducing methane. But, as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3157192/how-us-china-collaboration-reducing-methane-emissions-can-enhance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3157192/how-us-china-collaboration-reducing-methane-emissions-can-enhance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:45:21 +0000