China to ban all waste imports on 1 January
Waste imports to China will be banned from January 1, 2021, state media has reported. It marks the end of a three-year phase-out of accepting rubbish from overseas. China has imported solid waste since...
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Are China’s pollution combatting efforts making the planet warmer?
China’s efforts to combat aerosol pollution could be exacerbating warming throughout the northern latitudes, say experts. Their model showed that efforts to combat aerosol pollution between 2006 and 2017 resulted in widespread warming. But...
City of the future takes shape in Shenzhen
Global design firm NBBJ has won an international competition to design Net City, a city of the future in Shenzhen, China. The city is designed to be sustainable and human-centric, with an extensive public transport...
Nitrogen dioxide concentrations drop amid coronavirus spread
Strict measures implemented in China to slow the spread of coronavirus have led to a dramatic reduction in nitrogen dioxide concentrations. The measures include closing factories and clearing streets. As news of the coronavirus...
Self-driving, trackless tram sets off in China
An innovative tram has started traveling around Yibin in southwestern China. Combining a bus, train and tram, the vehicle is self-driving and can depart from its tracks thanks to a set of wheels. The...
China boasts largest Passive House project in the world
Gaobeidian Railway City in central Hebei province is currently the largest Passive House project in the world. Comprising 330,000 square metres of certified Passive House buildings, it offers a mix of housing, offices and...
China’s efforts to curb coal emissions a success
A team of international researchers have found that China’s measures to control and reduce emissions from its coal-fired power plants have been effective. Between 2005 and 2015, coal-fired power generation grew by more than...
China could save 330,000 lives by 2050 by cutting ozone pollution today
New research shows that China could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the long run if it takes strong measures to reduce its ozone pollution now. This is because climate change makes ozone...
Germany threatens Norway’s e-mobility lead
Germany registered 48,000 new electric vehicles in the first half of 2019, making it the third largest e-mobility market in the world – and now the largest in Europe. China and the USA remain...
How sustainable are e-scooters really?
Electric scooter sharing has become extremely popular in the last years, providing an environmentally friendly mode of transport in many major cities. But when viewed from a full life-cycle perspective, they may not be...
Solar energy could power development along Asia’s ancient trade routes
The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by solar energy, according to new research. Less than 4 per cent of the maximum solar potential of...
Volkswagen signs onto smart city project in China
German automaker Volkswagen has signed an agreement to test and develop smart mobility solutions in the Chinese megacity of Hefei. The partnership will focus in particular on autonomous driving solutions. The city of Hefei...
Researchers call for carbon-negative power generation for China
A new study has found that China could adopt technologies that actually reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere in an economically competitive way. Bioenergy would play a big role here. Many of us are...
Fighting smog in China could increase solar power production
China could significantly increase solar power production if it fought smog more aggressively, according to a new study. If emissions from all sectors were eliminated, China could provide up to 128 terawatt hours of...
Four Chinese cities pledge to slash emissions from buildings
Senior officials from Beijing, Fuzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai have announced plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in their cities. The initiative, led by C40 Cities, will develop a range of innovative policies...
China´s balancing act between air quality, carbon emissions, and water scarcity goals
China is attempting a shift from coal to natural gas in an effort to address the country’s severe air pollution. A new study shows that although such a switch generally has benefits for air...
China plans ‘riskiest ever’ environmental project
A global expert on infrastructure has warned that China’s Belt and Road initiative to crisscross half the Earth with transportation is the riskiest environmental project ever undertaken. China is planning to invest billions of dollars...
Reports of coal’s terminal decline are premature
While less new coal-fired power plants are now being built in China and India, the planned expansion in the use of coal in fast-growing emerging economies, such as Turkey, Indonesia and Vietnam, will in...
China boasts new solar motorway
China has opened a 1-kilometre stretch of solar motorway near Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in east China. The road can generate 1 million kW hours of electricity in one year. The...
Air pollution blocks China’s solar energy potential
Severe air pollution in China is blocking light from the sun, significantly reducing the country’s solar energy potential, according to research from Princeton University. China aims to meet 10 per cent of its electricity...
