https://www.scmp.com/rss/519796/feed Tim Buckley is director of Climate Energy Finance, a leading energy analyst and a former managing director of global investment bank Citigroup. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The election of Donald Trump – a felon and climate crisis denier – as president of the United States comes as a stroke of bitter irony after recent floods exacerbated by global warming smashed parts of the southeast US – Hurricane Milton alone is likely to cost up to US$50 billion – and given the escalating intensity of wildfires and other natural disasters taking a huge toll on America and other countries. Trump’s “drill baby, drill” energy policies are a disaster for the US, intergenerational... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3285811/under-trump-us-will-forfeit-global-clean-tech-race-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3285811/under-trump-us-will-forfeit-global-clean-tech-race-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:30:08 +0000 With senior American officials meeting their Chinese counterparts last week to discuss the effects of China’s manufacturing “overcapacity” on the US economy, it is worth pausing to consider both the significant benefits and concerns over Beijing’s massive and unprecedented expansion of clean energy technology. China’s leadership across all facets of decarbonisation, including research and development, investment, manufacturing and deployment, has delivered exceptional economic outcomes at... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3279167/why-chinas-clean-tech-glut-net-global-positive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3279167/why-chinas-clean-tech-glut-net-global-positive?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:30:08 +0000