China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/ China and the Environment Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:05:52 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://cdn.chinadialogue.net/content/uploads/2020/06/19102132/Colour.svg China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/ 32 32 Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost? https://chinadialogue.net/en/cities/road-salt-protecting-chinas-drivers-but-at-what-cost/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:44:06 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=119320 Salting roads can make winter driving safer, but its corrosive impacts on roads and human health need addressing

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]]> Analysis: To help Chinese communities adapt to climate change, listen to them https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/analysis-to-help-chinese-communities-adapt-to-climate-change-listen-to-them/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:59:31 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118979 A survey in southern China’s Pearl River Delta, a region prone to flooding and storm surges, provides insights into climate adaptation strategies

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]]> Analysis: China’s steel industry needs time to transition https://chinadialogue.net/en/business/analysis-chinas-steel-industry-needs-time-to-transition/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:40:34 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118809 Energy transition expert Kou Jingna explores the low-carbon marathon being run in China’s steelmaking powerhouse, Shanxi province

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]]> Myanmar rulers threaten environmental progress https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/myanmar-rulers-threaten-environmental-progress/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:33:00 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118702 Tentative steps towards a just energy transition under Myanmar’s civilian government have stalled since conflict broke out in 2021

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]]> The young Filipinos studying clean energy in China https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/the-young-filipinos-studying-clean-energy-in-china/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:57:54 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118291 Training projects are benefiting the renewable energy sectors of Belt and Road countries, but expansion will require funding

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]]> How fig trees could revolutionise reforestation and tourism in Borneo https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/borneo-fig-trees-reforestation-wildlife-tourism/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:45:19 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118149 NGOs in the Malaysian state of Sabah want oil palm companies and other land managers to plant Ficus species to increase habitat for threatened wildlife

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]]> John Kerry’s climate legacy: ‘Not a job, but a conviction’ https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/john-kerrys-climate-legacy-not-a-job-but-a-conviction/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:33:48 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118069 Experts look back on Kerry’s remarkable career so far as he leaves his role as US special presidential envoy for climate

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]]> 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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]]> Climate and health: How to build on COP28 progress? https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/climate-and-health-how-to-build-on-cop28-progress/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:09:06 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=116514 Experts say research, financing and action must be scaled up to tackle the health issues caused by climate change and emissions from the health sector itself

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]]> Climate comms in China should focus on the personal over the national https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/climate-communication-china-personal-over-national/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:33:20 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=117600 The public need informing about the personal risks of climate change, and the benefits of climate-friendly actions, say researchers

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