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More Renewables, More Coal: Where Are China’s Emissions Really Headed?
China’s emissions will peak when clean energy growth overtakes energy demand growth. This may happen in 2024.
Why New Electric Vehicles Could Drive China’s Carbon Pledge to Success
As the COP27 approaches in Sharm El-Sheik, China is once more expected to be in the spotlight. When it comes to decarbonization, China has preferred to carve its own path, and the electric vehicle sector is no exception. Carefully balanced on the peak between economic and environmental development, the sector could become the driver of its decarbonization process.
Climate Engagement with China: A Litmus Test for Germany’s G7 Presidency
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is shaking up the very foundations of the international system, making crucial multilateral and plurilateral fora such as the G20 nonfunctional in tackling continuing fundamental crises, including climate change.…
Why Berlin Must Handle its Economic Dependency on China
This article is part of a series of articles authored by young, aspiring China scholars under the Future CHOICE initiative. Germany’s economic vulnerability with regard to China is growing at the same moment that Russia’s…
High Ambitions But No Teeth in China’s Environmental Guidelines for Investing Abroad
As Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased rapidly throughout the years, so has Chinese companies’ environmental footprint around the globe. Energy, mining, and construction companies are the usual suspects, but heavy industries have…
Watchdogs Detail Damage Done by China in the Western Balkans
Construction of the Bar – Boljare highway in Montenegro by China’s China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has brought irreversible damage to the UNESCO-protected Tara River. Known as the “Tear of Europe”, its riverbanks…
Voice for CHOICE Special Edition: Double Episode on Environmental and Climate Issues
As both the EU-China CAI 17+1 summit begin to fade from view and more challenges yet emerge for China and their relations with both the EU and CEE nations, the Voice for CHOICE podcast is picking up on one of China’s evermore present promises in such high-profile meetings and agreements in 2021, that of climate cooperation
China’s Environmental Footprint in Southeast Europe
In 2009, China’s leadership of a group of developing nations that opposed ambitious commitments to fight climate change led to the failure of the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen. Just over…