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Open Questions | Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

NGO founder explains how mapping initiative helps hold authorities and companies accountable for carbon emissions and cover-ups.

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China warns overheated solar industry to cool the competition, curb backlash

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Recap | Lula pushes action at G20, Asia’s rice revolution: 6 climate stories

US charges India’s Gautam Adani, one of world’s richest people, with bribery

The billionaire and 7 others are accused of agreeing to pay US$265 million to Indian officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts.

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Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani speaks at the World Congress of Accountants in Mumbai in November 2022. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Cop29 can work with the Belt and Road Initiative for a greener future

Aligning climate action with major economic initiatives is essential to cutting emissions while promoting sustainable development.

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G20 ends with call for urgent action on climate, global health, women’s rights

‘We only scratched the surface of the deep challenges the world has to face,’ Brazilian host says as gathering of world leaders concludes.

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Brazilian envoy says Chinese new energy investments welcome

Brazilian diplomat says country’s ‘huge’ potential in new energy makes it an appealing venue for Chinese investment.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before the start of the 19th G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion | US must be consistent to reclaim climate leadership role from China

As China emerges as a climate leader, the US can still be a reliable partner by staying in global agreements and making progress at home.

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China to address global overcapacity concerns by cutting export-tax rebate

Move seen discouraging vicious low-price competition and outsized industry expansions, and Chinese manufacturer profits could take a hit.

Apec statement calls for enhanced free trade, climate action

Leaders statement on comes despite deep scepticism on trade from incoming US president-elect Trump.

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Top row (L-R): Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Taiwan’s APEC representative Lin Hsin-i, Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, US President Joe Biden, Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. Bottom row (L-R): Chile’s President Gabriel Boric, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim pose for a family photo at the Apec summit in Lima, Peru, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | As China-Japan climate action grows, Tokyo must rethink LNG push in Asia

Japan’s progress in shrinking its domestic carbon footprint is being offset by its aggressive LNG development drive in South and Southeast Asia.

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An LNG tanker at the Negishi LNG Terminal, which is jointly operated by Tokyo Gas and JERA, in Yokohama, in 2019. Japan is persuading nations in the region to consider developing more LNG infrastructure when much of the world is sounding the alarm about such projects. Photo: Reuters

Cop29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil

The UN climate talks are in disarray after a French minister cancelled her trip and Argentina withdrew its delegation.

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Why Chinese solar producers are not worried about Trump tariffs

Chinese firms to prepare for worst-case scenario of Trump slapping tariffs on shipments from their bases in Southeast Asia.

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About 90% of Hongkongers want to prioritise local renewable energy, survey finds

Survey by Greenpeace Hong Kong and Baptist University shows most respondents oppose importing electricity from mainland China.

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Half of the survey respondents are against electricity imports from mainland China. Photo: Martin Chan

Cop29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas

He singled out the US, the world’s largest historic carbon emitter, and the EU for particular criticism, accusing them of double standards.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev speaks at the opening ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference Cop9 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Financing for Southeast Asia’s energy transition hangs in balance at Cop29

Leaders at ongoing climate summit need to signal a renewed push for phasing out fossil fuels and mobilise finances to do so, analysts say.

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Cop29: Hong Kong environment minister to attend UN climate change summit

Tse Chin-wan will link up with Chinese delegation, while former head of city’s weather forecaster warns over rising temperatures.

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Opinion | Under Trump, the US will forfeit the global clean tech race to China

As a climate crisis denier ascends to the American presidency, the green technology momentum is picking up in China and around the world.

Workers produce offshore wind turbines in Fuqing in China’s Fujian province, on August 8. Photo: Xinhua

China, US officials set to talk climate change amid fears over Trump’s policies

Ahead of Cop 29 in Azerbaijan, policymakers fret that the once and future president could stall efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Unease over China proves pivotal in US election races in Michigan

Swing state takes hawkish turn as candidates seize on mainland-backed EV battery plant to accuse one another of harbouring Beijing ties.

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Data centres, EVs bring growth and climate challenges to Hong Kong utility CLP

For the first nine months of 2024, electricity sales at CLP Power Hong Kong grew 2.5 per cent from a year earlier.

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CLP Holdings CEO Chiang Tung-keung. Photo: Fan Chen

China ‘most challenging trade partner’, says EU’s next trade chief

Maros Sefcovic, close ally of bloc’s hawkish boss, also vows to crack down on mainland-exported overcapacity ‘with all our force’.

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Maros Sefcovic, the nominee to become the European Union’s trade and economic commissioner, is seen as a close ally of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Asia is emerging as an unlikely champion in race to net zero

The region’s journey to carbon neutrality highlights both the challenges of moving away from fossil fuels and the great potential for progress.

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Opinion | Cop29 is Azerbaijan’s moment to step into the global sunshine

The UN climate conference will shine a spotlight on the major oil producer’s energy transition, peace efforts with Armenia and geocritical location.

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China begins work on Kenyan geothermal power plant amid renewable energy push

A new Chinese-built geothermal power plant in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley highlights Beijing’s focus on clean energy in Africa.

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The groundbreaking ceremony for the new 35-MW Orpower 22 geothermal power plant in Kenya. Photo: Xinhua

China hails mineral finds amid push for security of supply, energy and nation

Ministry of Natural Resources lists haul of gold, copper, molybdenum, phosphorite and fluorite key to future of defence and geopolitics.

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China’s Ministry of Natural Resources says it has discovered new deposits of minerals, including gold, copper, molybdenum, phosphorite and fluorite. Photo: Xinhua

China’s clean-energy boom creates 7.4 million jobs

The sector is expected to keep on generating job growth, but perhaps not enough to cure the country’s unemployment woes.

China to dominate solar panel, EV markets despite US, EU curbs: IEA

China’s clean technology exports are expected to exceed US$340 billion in 2035, group says.

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9 September, 2024
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