The China Low Carbon Platform (CLCP) has been launched this week. CLCP is a new knowledge-sharing platform for low carbon energy and low carbon development for China. The aim of CLCP is to disseminate and share information in Chinese and English on low carbon energy systems and low carbon development strategies that reduce poverty and [...]

A positive aspect of the Copenhagen summit was the general agreement on the  necessity of fighting united against climate change. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria called the Copenhagen Accord a hard-fought political agreement, even if it was far from perfect.
Most countries are expected to sign it, and the focus is on Mexico to establish a legally-binding [...]

A study, prepared by some of the nation’s top climate change policy advisers, proposes that with the right policies emissions growth could slow by 2020 with levels peaking around 2030. “As soon as possible, study and draft relative and then absolute targets to cap the total volume of carbon dioxide emissions,” says the preface of the report, obtained by Reuters. “Establishing and acting on quantified targets and corresponding policies to address climate change in the medium to long-term is already a matter of great urgency.” The call for “quantified targets” to cap greenhouse gas pollution marks a high-level public departure from China’s reluctance to spell out a proposed peak and date for it. This also signals that Beijing wants to play an active role in seeking agreement for a new international climate change pact.

China has great renewable resources to explore. So far, much has been done to promote wind power, with some of the world’s largest wind power farms being currently constructed in china. Solar thermal energy is well established and widespread. But, until recently, China’ s policy towards Photo-Voltaic was more reluctant in regard to domestic power [...]

Wind power now seems to be the best choice for many countries in an effort to switch to renewable energy sources. Wind power is attractive in both economic as well as environmental regards. It delivers not only economic development benefits, but it’s also a safe source for the China’s (and the rest of the world’s) [...]

There’s a new roadmap that looks interesting for helping China improve energy efficiency in buildings.  According to UNEP buildings apparently account for 42% of Chinese energy consumption, and China already has done a lot of legislating on energy efficiency — current building codes demand that new residential buildings are 50% more efficient that those built [...]

The nation’s stimulus package has benefited energy conservation and emission controls with energy used to generate growth dropping further in the first quarter, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), writes China Daily.
Energy intensity, or the amount of energy needed to generate per unit of GDP, dropped 2.89 percent year on year from January [...]