China Pollution News & Analysis | China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/ China and the Environment Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:17:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://cdn.chinadialogue.net/content/uploads/2020/06/19102132/Colour.svg China Pollution News & Analysis | China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/ 32 32 A difficult road ahead for treaty to end plastic pollution https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/a-difficult-road-ahead-for-treaty-to-end-plastic-pollution/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:36:36 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118029 Negotiations have not been going smoothly, leaving the future of a binding treaty hanging in the balance, observes Li Jiacheng

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]]> How climate change complicates China’s ‘battle for blue skies’ https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/how-climate-change-complicates-chinas-battle-for-blue-skies/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:18:12 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=114019 Air pollution in China rebounds as economic activity picks up, while climate change is bringing new challenges for air quality management

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]]> Earthworms wiggle their way into China’s policy protection https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/earthworms-wiggle-their-way-into-chinas-policy-protection/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:37:28 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=113253 Worms are crucial to soil quality, but intensive capture and heavy metal pollution are putting them at risk, writes Chen Nengchang

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]]> Analysis: Carbon-intensive industries are worsening China’s ozone pollution https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/carbon-intensive-industries-worsen-chinas-ozone-pollution/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:43:35 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=110933 By continuing to approve new coal power plants and polluting factories, China’s local governments are courting future environmental and economic problems

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]]> Four years of waste sorting leaves China’s incinerators short of fuel https://chinadialogue.net/en/cities/four-years-of-waste-sorting-leaves-chinas-incinerators-short-of-fuel/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:00:42 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=109400 Despite a reduction in the requisite material, China continues to build new waste-to-power incinerators. Its policy for utilising waste needs standardising and refining, writes Li Jiacheng

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]]> In Zimbabwe and Malawi, women mobilise to tackle plastic waste https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/in-zimbabwe-and-malawi-women-mobilise-to-tackle-plastic-waste/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:34:45 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=105795 While female-led initiatives are boosting plastic recycling, government capacity to implement regulations holds the key to the waste crisis

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]]> What can be learnt from the response to the Ohio chemical spill? https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/what-china-can-learn-from-ohio-chemical-spill/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:09:01 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=100452 The Environmental Protection Agency held the railroad company accountable, promptly disclosed information and directed the clean-up operation

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]]> People power: monitoring pollution in China https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/people-power-monitoring-pollution-in-china/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:13:28 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=95884 China has the world’s largest continuous emissions monitoring system, but citizen help is needed for it to be effective against industrial pollution

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]]> War and the environment: UN adopts new principles https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/war-and-the-environment-un-adopts-new-principles/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:53:25 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=95476 Governments have agreed a set of guidelines to protect the environment during and after wartime, the most significant legal update on the issue in 50 years

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]]> Hope for environmental justice in Africa https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/hope-for-environmental-justice-in-africa/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:45:07 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=93423 Environmental and climate litigation cases have been gaining momentum in Africa, but only after long persistence from activists and affected communities

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