Topic: china

This morning, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and representatives from the Chinese government, including Minister Wan Gang and Minister Zhang Guobao, signed a joint work plan to expand US-China cooperation on the Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) that was established in November 2009.

This piece originally appeared in China Daily and is reposted with permission.

Leading Experts in the U.S. and China Discuss Clean Energy and Related Issues Ahead of Presidential Meeting

This post originally appeared on the ChinaFAQs.org blog.

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Jonathan Lash, president, World Resources Institute, will hold a briefing for journalists to preview key environmental issues in 2011.

This post originally appeared on the ChinaFAQs.org blog.

This post originally appeared on the ChinaFAQs website.

An overview of China’s evolving domestic climate policy.

Manish Bapna believes that the path to solving global climate change runs straight through China, which is why the World Resources Institute is putting so much effort into working closely with the country and its leaders.

The World Resources Institute will host a roundtable discussion for media in the lead-up to the Cancun climate talks.

Greening Supply Chains in China: Practical Lessons from China-based Suppliers in Achieving Environmental Performance

This working paper highlights examples of five companies operating in China and illustrates the approaches they have adopted to address environmental problems. The paper focuses on water pollution within China’s challenging business landscape.

This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.

As the Tianjin climate negotiations come to a close, progress remains patchy. The forecast is still cloudy, but rays of sunlight are just starting to peak through.

Countries should step back and look at what their leaders agreed to in Copenhagen as they prepare for Tianjin and beyond.

Scaling Up Low-Carbon Technology Deployment: Lessons from China

This report examines how low-carbon technologies have been introduced, adapted, deployed, and diffused in three greenhouse gas-intensive sectors in China: supercritical/ultrasupercritical (SC/USC) coal-fired power generation technology; onshore wind energy technology; and blast furnace top gas recovery turbine (TRT) technology in the steel sector.