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Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the Global Trade in Services Summit.
2020年9月4日，中国国家主席习近平在全球服务贸易峰会上致辞。 资料来源：新华社/Alamy图片社
Sep 29. 2020. 11:40:55

分析：在2060年实现“碳中和”可使中国“更富足”

我们的最新分析显示，中国在2060年之前实现 "碳中和"的意外承诺，可能将本世纪全球升温水平拉低0.25℃，并拉动该国GDP增长。

Translations | Hector Pollitt
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the Global Trade in Services Summit.
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the Global Trade in Services Summit. 4th Sep, 2020. Credit: Xinhua / Alamy Stock Photo.

Analysis: Going carbon neutral by 2060 ‘will make China richer’

Guest posts | Sep 24. 2020.
Chinese migrant workers of CREC labor at the construction site of the Huai'an East Railway Station for high-speed railway.
Chinese migrant workers of CREC labor at the construction site of the Huai'an East Railway Station for high-speed railways. Credit: Cynthia Lee / Alamy Stock Photo.

Analysis: China’s Covid stimulus plans for fossil fuels three times larger than low-carbon

Policy | Sep 23. 2020.
Aeroplane and aircraft jet trails in the sky.
Aeroplane and aircraft jet trails in the sky. Credit: Eyebyte / Alamy Stock Photo.

Guest post: Calculating the true climate impact of aviation emissions

Guest posts | Sep 21. 2020.
Silhouette of oil wells in desert at sunset, Texas, USA.
Silhouette of oil wells in desert at sunset, Texas, USA. Credit: Image Source / Alamy Stock Photo.

Analysis: World has already passed ‘peak oil’, BP figures reveal

Oil and gas | Sep 15. 2020.
Smoke is discharged from chimneys at a coal-fired power plant in east China's Jiangsu province.
Smoke is discharged from chimneys at a coal-fired power plant in east China's Jiangsu province. Credit: Imaginechina Limited / Alamy Stock Photo.

Guest post: Why would anyone finance another coal power plant in China?

Guest posts | Sep 7. 2020.
Solar farm in the UK.
Solar farm in the UK. Credit: A.P.S. (UK) / Alamy Stock Photo.

Wind and solar are 30-50% cheaper than thought, admits UK government

Renewables | Aug 27. 2020.
Application of new bicycle pictograms. Essen, Germany.
Application of new bicycle pictograms. Essen, Germany. Credit: Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Alamy Stock Photo.

Guest post: Are European cities delivering on their climate commitments?

Guest posts | Aug 24. 2020.
Wind turbine tops under construction and inspection with cherry picker at Smulders Howdon Tyneside yard.
Wind turbine tops under construction and inspection with cherry picker at Smulders Howdon Tyneside yard. Credit: Wilf Doyle / Alamy Stock Photo.

Coronavirus: Green recovery ‘could prevent 0.3C’ of warming by 2050

Policy | Aug 7. 2020.
Bulk carrier loading cargoes at a newly built coal berth of Caofeidian Port in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province.
Bulk carrier loading cargoes at a newly built coal berth of Caofeidian Port in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. Credit: Xinhua / Alamy Stock Photo.

Analysis: The global coal fleet shrank for first time on record in 2020

Coal | Aug 3. 2020.
The fuel cell in Europe's largest grid-connected hydrogen power plant.
The fuel cell in Europe's largest grid-connected hydrogen power plant. Credit: DPA Picture Alliance / Alamy Stock Photo

In-depth: Hydrogen ‘required’ to meet UK net-zero goal, says National Grid

Energy | Jul 29. 2020.
Offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
Rampion offshore windfarm in the North Sea. Credit: Malte Jansen.

Guest post: The era of ‘negative-subsidy’ offshore wind power has almost arrived

Guest posts | Jul 28. 2020.
Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation. Credit: Jim West / Alamy Stock Photo E1MT0N
Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation - Watford City, North Dakota. Credit: Jim West / Alamy Stock Photo

Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions

GHGs and aerosols | Jul 14. 2020.
DAILY INFOGRAPHIC
Map of the world's coal power plants

Mapped: The world’s coal power plants

Since 2000, the world has doubled its coal-fired power capacity to around 2,045 gigawatts (GW) after explosive growth in China and India. A further 200GW is being built…
Infographics | Mar 26. 2020.
DAILY BRIEF

Save nature or risk economic disaster, global leaders tell each other

Various publications cover the virtual launch of a United Nations (UN) biodiversity summit, during which at least 112 world leaders presented statements to each other and a digital…

Daily Brief | Oct 1. 2020.

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