NEWS: Beijing government pledges to strictly enforce environmental regulations and “crack down” on illegal emissions
NEWS: Air pollution concerns driving Beijing lawmakers to get tough on polluting power plants and heavy industry
NEWS: New government statistics indicate significant drop in coal use, with 0.7% drop in 2014 emissions projected by analysts
NEWS: Momentary peak reflects long term trend as China attempts to shift from dirty fossil fuels to clean energy
ANALYSIS: The future for coal producers will hinge on the world’s largest emitter and its next five-year plan
NEWS: Government data suggests growth in coal imports slowed significantly in 2014
NEWS: Carbon Tracker warns banks to be wary of lending to coal producers, citing the risk of stranded assets as China cuts CO2 emissions
NEWS: China’s 13th Five-Year Plan could be key to ending China’s dependence on coal, says Lord Stern report
The Guardian: Hundreds of thousands of children still at risk from dangerous levels of air pollution as poisonous smog fills cities, study says
Nine synthetic gas plants approved by Chinese government would produce seven times more emissions than conventional plants
China’s coal reliance is battering the climate and choking Beijing but a quick fix from carbon capture is a long way away
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The government aims to cut the amount of energy needed for its economic growth by 2.5% in 2024, putting it far off track for a key five-year climate target
To compete with China, India wants to make solar panels from scratch. But dependence on its rival for key components make it a tough task
The government will consider incentives to charge electric vehicles at off-peak hours and to let vehicles sell their electricity to the grid
China and India are on track to triple renewable capacity this decade, but were put off by anti-coal language and cost concerns
After talks in Sunnyland, California, the US and China agreed to revive a bilateral working group on climate change
Experts said that China didn’t want to shut down coal mines and was likely under-counting its coal mine methane emissions
Even though we now have the Paris agreement, cooperation between the world’s two biggest emitters, US and China, is still crucial
The G7 has offered to mobilise $15.5 billion to get Vietnam from coal to clean energy but just 2% of this is grants