Q&A: What is China's carbon trading scheme?
China Friday launched the world's biggest carbon trading system to help lower emissions, but critics and analysts have raised doubts about whether it will have a significant impact.
China Friday launched the world's biggest carbon trading system to help lower emissions, but critics and analysts have raised doubts about whether it will have a significant impact.
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Jul 16, 2021
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The EU went into battle Wednesday to secure a path to its pledge of carbon neutrality by 2050, triggering an epic political clash over electric cars and fuel prices that could last for years.
Environment
Jul 14, 2021
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Japan's biggest airline ANA said Monday it aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 through new technology, emissions trading and other efforts.
Environment
Apr 26, 2021
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Germany said Tuesday it had met its national climate goal for 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic helped to drive the biggest reduction in emissions for three decades in Europe's biggest economy.
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Mar 16, 2021
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China's delayed carbon trading system will start operating in February, the environment ministry has said, as the world's biggest polluter takes steps towards decarbonising its economy by 2060.
Environment
Jan 6, 2021
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With the election of Joe Biden, the US is set to rejoin the Paris Agreement. The country's commitment, made in 2015, to restrain temperature rises to 2°C as part of an international effort is again endorsed, at least on ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2020
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Countries across the globe have been struggling to deal with the impact of COVID-19 and its accompanying economic slowdown. As economies "build back better," it may be an opportune time to introduce carbon pricing to tackle ...
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Nov 16, 2020
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International trade wins and losses don't just show up in the stock market, but also on a nation's environmental sustainability scores, a new study in Nature Sustainability shows.
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Jul 13, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic has grounded thousands of aircraft, contributing to the largest-ever annual fall in CO₂ emissions. At some point though, the planes will soar again and with them, global emissions.
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May 27, 2020
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Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fell sharply last year, putting the country's 2020 climate goal within reach again.
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Jan 7, 2020
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