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What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables

  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
Aerial photo of solar power station in Hangzhou, China
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How China Can Cut its Road Transportation Emissions by 95%

  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
  • climatewatch-pinned
Beijing highway
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  • Climate
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5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • nature-based solutions
  • development
  • low carbon development
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The Great Reset: 7 Environment and Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2021

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  • Economics
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  • international climate policy
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  • U.S. policy
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Dockless Bike Sharing Can Create Healthy, Resilient Urban Mobility

  • biking
  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
People riding bikes on a sidewalk in Beijing.
  • biking
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Will China Finally Block “Clean Coal” from Green Bonds Market?

  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
The People's Bank of China, a key player in financial guidance and sustainability. Photo by Flickr/bfishadow
  • green bonds
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4 Investment Areas to Stimulate China's Economy After COVID-19

  • coronavirus
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  • natural infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Economics
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Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China.
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China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

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  • power plants
  • renewable energy
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How China Raised the Stakes for Electric Vehicles

  • electric mobility
  • climate change
  • transportation
China's electric vehicle market is burgeoning.
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How Did Shenzhen, China Build World’s Largest Electric Bus Fleet?

  • public transit
  • transportation
Electric buses in China
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Chinese Cities Aim to Rein in Bike-Sharing Boom

  • biking
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Bike sharing in China
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Make Cycling Safer in China—By Design

  • Cities
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
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Biking in downtown Beijing.
  • Cities
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China’s Clean Air Challenge: $3 Billion Air Pollution from Transport in Chengdu

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • transportation
Chengdu on a clear day
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China’s Decline in Coal Consumption Drives Global Slowdown in Emissions

  • Climate
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  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
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  • Climate
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cyclists in China
  • Urban Mobility
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Does Coal Always Mean Water Stress Along With Economic Growth?

  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
By adopting water conservation technologies, water saved in the agriculture sector can be transferred to the coal sector, however, with high cost. Photo by Yuan Wang.
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4 Lessons from Beijing and Shanghai Show How China’s Cities Can Curb Car Congestion

  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Cities
Traffic in Shanghai, China. Photo by Carlos ZGZ/Flickr.
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Cities

3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
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