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China floats split with EU over carbon trading
EXCLUSIVE: Government official tells Climate Home that carbon trading is “big challenge” for China: “We would like to use a different kind of economic instrument”
Court forces Turkish coal plant to suspend operations
Three years after it came online, Izdemir power station has been stripped of its environmental licence, in a win for campaigners
Mozambique expands coal port lapped by rising seas
Dignitaries celebrate the expansion of Maputo port, but experts warn fossil fuelled climate change threatens development gains
Campaigners claim legal win against Bosnian coal power push
Setback for Chinese-backed plant planned near Europe’s second most-polluted city, with a ruling it must comply with tougher pollution limits
Bangladesh bets on coal to meet rising energy demand
Renewable options are being overlooked as government backs controversial polluting power plants, say experts
Crib notes: China’s solar PV capacity doubled in 2016
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Beijing is clamping down on provincial coal plans
At least 11 regions have been ordered to shelve coal power plants as China deals with surplus capacity
China energy efficiency improved in 2016, reports Xinhua
World’s largest carbon polluter making progress on efficiency, but doubts remain over accuracy of state data
What Trump can learn from China about competitiveness
In Davos, President Xi Jinping is promoting a new growth model. China Dialogue looks at how booming renewables support that vision
China is taking the green bond market by storm
Beijing’s sustainable finance push is bearing fruit, with a world-leading $36.9bn worth of green bonds issued last year
Obama’s climate legacy: China, India and the Paris pact
In the second of a three-part series, we look at how President Obama galvanised international action on climate change
Reader survey: Obama’s greatest climate impact was in China
Email subscribers and twitter followers were most positive about President Obama’s impact on the world stage
Weekly wrap: China cements low carbon plans
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How China is reinforcing its climate targets for 2020
This week’s hotly anticipated five-year plan for energy shows stronger ambition for shifting from coal to cleaner sources
Mapped: China’s $32 billion overseas clean energy splurge
Long known for its huge foreign investments in coal, oil and gas, Beijing is now starting to splash the cash on greener technologies
China to invest $361bn in clean power by 2020
Five-year plan sets country on path to get 15% of its energy from non-fossil sources by the end of the decade
The age of Xi: will China flex its climate muscles in 2017?
Beijing’s policies have seen China invest heavily in renewables and support the UN’s first major climate pact – but without US cover it will face new scrutiny this year
Crib notes: China smashes 2016 carbon intensity goal
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IEA cuts coal demand forecast for fifth year in a row
Global coal use is flatlining as China continues to restructure its economy, says influential energy think-tank
Fuzzy data poses problems for China carbon market
Running an efficient carbon trading scheme is reliant on the supply of full and accurate data, which is often lacking in China’s secretive industrial sectors, warn analysts