China will no longer build overseas coal power plants, but what energy projects will it invest in instead?
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced at the UN General Assembly that China "will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad."
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced at the UN General Assembly that China "will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad."
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Environment
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) last month made global headlines when it declared there is no room for new fossil fuel investment if we're to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Environment
Jun 14, 2021
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Environment
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Environment
May 4, 2021
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China will press ahead with its multi-billion-dollar financing of coal plants in developing countries, a top climate official said Tuesday, despite Beijing's stated aim of slashing carbon emissions.
Environment
Apr 27, 2021
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Sometimes in astronomy, the acronym for a project fits it particularly well. That would absolutely be the case for the Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection, which researchers hope to scale up to a size of 200,000 km2 ...
General Physics
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China's plan to fund dozens of foreign coal plants from Zimbabwe to Indonesia is set to produce more emissions than major developed nations, threatening global efforts to fight climate change, environmentalists have warned.
Environment
Dec 10, 2020
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Britain will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than two-thirds this decade, in what the government on Thursday said would be the fastest reduction of any major economy.
Environment
Dec 4, 2020
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To meet the most ambitious 1.5ยบ C climate goal requires a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels and mass use of renewables. However, new international research by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat ...
Environment
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