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China reaffirms 2030 climate commitments: State Council
2015-06-13 04:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's Premier Li Keqiang reaffirmed the government's commitment to achieve peak carbon emissions by "around 2030", the State Council said in a statement issued late on Friday. The statement contained no new commitments ahead of crucial climate talks scheduled to take place in Paris at the end of the year. Li, at a meeting of the State Council's National Leading Group on Climate Change, also said it would impose a "tough limit" on the expansion of heavily polluting and energy-intensive industries....
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China Can Stop Catastrophic Climate Change. But Will It?
2015-06-09 14:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: A new study confirms what has been increasingly clear to outside observers: Whether or not the world will avert catastrophic climate change is now, to a large extent, in the hands of the Chinese. The new London School of Economics (LSE) study, written by analyst Fergus Green and famed climate economist Nicholas Stern, matches what Climate Progress has been hearing and reporting for a while now: Chinas coal use appears to have peaked. And that means Chinas CO2 will likely peak by 2025 five years...
China readies national carbon market fight climate change
2015-05-24 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: At first, the numbers and company names flashing on a big board in Beijing's financial district suggest a booming market. A closer look indicates otherwise: The scrolling list rotates the same dozen or so trades, all from last year. The lights from the Beijing Environment Exchange -- one of seven pilot markets in China for trading carbon -- raises questions for the country as it prepares for next year's roll-out of a nationwide system that could help the world's biggest emitter of heat-trapping...
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China, Brazil to jointly address climate issues for sustainable growth
2015-05-21 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: As a result of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing visit to Brazil, China and Brazil Tuesday signed a joint statement on addressing the climate change issue together for a common vision of sustainable development. According to the statement, both sides recognize that climate change and its adverse effects are the common concern of humankind and one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century, which need to be addressed through international cooperation in the context of sustainable...
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Australia's Direct Action climate policy challenged by US, China and Brazil at the UN
2015-04-20 04:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has been been asked to defend the credibility of its Direct Action climate change policy at the UN after several countries submitted questions to the Abbott government querying how the policy would reduce carbon emissions. The US, China and Brazil all large emitters have joined other countries in challenging Australia on its emissions reduction target and commitment to renewables. The questions were submitted to the UN framework convention on climate change. Australia has not...
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