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Gov. Newsom Goes to China to Talk Climate

Legal Planet

Gavin Newsom will see, say, and do on his trip to China. But “it would be a mistake for him to focus exclusively on what China has to learn from California,” Wang writes. China is also a world leader on offshore wind energy production, an area Newsom has sought to emphasize in California. We’re learning more about what Gov.

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Should China Pay Climate Reparations?

Legal Planet

But there was another issue percolating in the background: Does China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, have an obligation to compensate poorer countries for the harm it is causing? Whether China should pay carbon reparations is an academic question in two very different senses. Nearly all those arguments imply that the U.S.

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China Releases Carbon Allowance Trading Regulations

Clean Energy Law

Together with the Chinese Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) Scheme, which was restarted on October 19, 2023, the development and strengthening of the China ETS reaffirms China’s objectives to limit the growth of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Read the Client Alert.

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Making Sense of the US-China Joint Glasgow Declaration

Legal Planet

Yesterday, China and the US announced a “Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s” ( En / Ch ) What to make of it? Increased climate ambition from China and US in the short-term remains the critical metric and in this regard the agreement does not make much of a breakthrough. Other statements (e.g.,

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China Could See Emissions Peak This Year, Analysis Finds

Yale E360

Thanks to a record buildout of wind and solar power, China could hit peak emissions this year, according to a new analysis. Read more on E360 →

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China's Moon Atlas Is the Most Detailed Ever Made

Scientific American

The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries

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Is China Doing Enough on Climate Change? COP26 Version

Legal Planet

Given the woeful global shortfall in ambition, let’s turn to the question of whether China is doing enough. As a reminder, China has made five key climate announcements since late 2020. In March 2021, China published its 14 th Five Year Plan (2021-25) with interim targets for energy and carbon intensity and non-fossil energy share.