Content tagged: China

The Climate Group publish a briefing paper on CCS in China which discusses the growth of the CCS industry in China, the demand for the technology, the need for effective regulation, and the key challenges that China faces to achieve widespread implementation.

The Climate Group and Landsea Property Company hosted a discussion on the market value of low carbon buildings today at the Shanghai World Expo...

The Climate Group's Thurstan Wright reports on policies and legislation being adopted in the US, EU and China to accelerate the scale up and deployment of electric vehicles...

The °Climate Group concluded the inaugural “Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign” (HKCRC) at its closing funfair in Hong Kong on Saturday 15th May...

The Climate Group and Jet Li One Foundation Project today launched a new solar lighting project in Pengzhou village in Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China as part of their joint 1000-Village Solar LED Initiative...

The 2010 China (Tianjin) Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Forum, organized by the Tianjin Airport Economic Area, The Climate Group and Johnson Controls, was held in the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) today...

The Climate Group convened an electric vehicle leadership summit on May 3rd, followed by a closed-door EV20 roundtable at the Monaco Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 to explore how the world's biggest and smallest countries are hoping to turn the world’s 1 billion vehicle fleet electric.

The Climate Group's Damian Ryan reports on the meeting of the BASIC group of countries, held in Cape Town at the end of April...

The Climate Group launched a ground-breaking LED outdoor lighting pilot program at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today...

According to a new report commissioned by The Climate Group, Hong Kong has the opportunity to adopt or overshoot China’s target of reducing carbon intensity by 2020...

Taobao.com - Asia’s biggest online business platform - joins The Climate Group's global leadership coalition today, aiming to help 170 million Asians adopt low carbon life-styles...

Following the UN climate Summit in Copenhagen, The Centre and The Climate Group convened a high-level panel in Brussels this week to discuss how the EU and the US should engage China in a dialogue on climate change...

Representatives from the world's largest developers of clearn technologies - China, the US and Europe - agreed that a global framework was urgent to speed up technology transfer...

After their historic meeting last week, both President Hu and President Obama have now come forward with real targets that can serve as the basis for further negotiations in Copenhagen", said Mark Kenber, The Climate Group's Policy Director. The key now is to use this as the basis for an ambitious binding global agreement that sends a clear signal to investors that the world is firmly on a low carbon path.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to the United States culminated with the launch of a new "Green Partnership to Address Energy Security, Climate Change, and Food Security..."

But with the short time remaining until Copenhagen, it is now up to the US and China to translate these promises into clear commitments for the negotiations.

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Rt Hon Tony Blair, and The Climate Group CEO Steve Howard are taking part in the Climate Week NY°C opening ceremony today. Lead climate change negotiators from the U.S., China, India and Denmark - as well as luminaries from business, subnational government, and civil society - will also participate....

NEW YORK - The new report - "Cutting the Cost" - shows how action to cut {CO2} emissions can increase both GDP and employment in all major economies, with global collaboration significantly cutting the cost of climate change mitigation. The report aims to give new confidence to world leaders meeting together at the UN General Assembly meeting tomorrow and at the G20 in Pittsburgh later this week before important negotiations take place at the UN's Copenhagen climate summit in December.

The Climate Group has launched a ground-breaking LED pilot project in New York City to assess potential of this low carbon technology in curbing urban greenhouse gas pollution and cutting energy costs, while making cities brighter and safer at night.

Tony Blair and Jet Li today launched the initiative which will engage 400 villages in China in its first two years....

A new report by The Climate Group shows that, despite the economic downturn, China's domestic markets continue to scale-up low carbon technology. On the back of ambitious government policies and a new breed of entrepreneurs, Chinese businesses are amongst the top producers of electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels and energy efficient appliances...

Mr Blair's visit was part of his joint initiative with The Climate Group - Breaking the Climate Deadlock - which aims to strengthen political momentum for a new international climate treaty that will succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and drive ambitious emissions reductions across the world...

The °Climate Group, an international non-profit organisation that works to advance climate change solutions and accelerate a low carbon economy, today launched the Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign (HKCRC)...

China President Hu Jintao and US President Barack Obama will meet tomorrow on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in London. The meeting is the first time the current leaders of the world's two biggest emitting countries have met. Hammering out agreements on the economy and climate change will be central to discussions and the outcome may well determine the level of international ambition and pace of international co-operation ahead of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December...

The Climate Group and the Jet Li One Foundation have signed an MoU agreeing to work together to help Chinese businesses and governments develop a low carbon economy in China and to help foster agreement toward a successful global deal on climate change.

The global economic downturn may force the consolidation of China's solar sector. This may not be all bad news, says Changhua Wu, Greater China Director of The Climate Group....

A new report from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) says that China can successfully curb and cap emissions and develop a low carbon economy...

Over 20 Chinese business leaders signed an unprecedented climate change communiqué at the annual Yabuli Business Forum in northern China...

The Climate Group has published a new report outlining China's growing efforts to curb urban carbon emissions to support the launch of a new low carbon development initiative with 20 of China's cities, including Guiyang and Dezhou....

State and regional governments from all corners of the world today committed to setting targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency as part of a comprehensive "statement of action" to accelerate low carbon policies....

The HSBC Climate Confidence Monitor 2008 - a survey of 12,000 people across 12 countries worldwide - reveals 78% of respondents want their countries to take on their 'fair share' in reducing global {CO2} emissions.

CEOs of three of China's leading companies today became the newest members of The Climate Group's global climate coalition...

CEOs of three of China's leading companies today became the newest members of The Climate Group's global climate coalition...

China is over-taking more developed economies in exploiting valuable economic opportunities, creating green-collar jobs and leading development of critical low carbon technologies, says a new report to be published by The °Climate Group...

Changhua Wu was featured on BBC's HardTalk this month to discuss the Chinese response to climate change. The conversation painted a fascinating portrait of a country under rapid transitions: political, economic, and environmental. Yes, China's emissions are worrying, she concurs. But, she contends, the country is making great and promising strides already...

In a hard-hitting HardTalk interview first broadcast on Wednesday 26th March, the BBC's Stephen Sackur talks to Changhua Wu, Greater China Director for The °Climate Group....

Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has today announced a major new climate change initiative: Breaking the Climate Deadlock - achieving a global deal on climate change. The Climate Group - an independent, not-for-profit organisation working internationally with government and business leaders - is providing strategic international support for this new initiative...

Climate change shot to the top of global agenda in 2007. The °Climate Group pauses to consider the ground covered in 2007 - and to assess the challenges and the events that await us in 2008...

In an article published by www.climatechangecorp.com, The °Climate Group's Emily Farnworth illustrates California and Guangdong as exciting new grounds for potential climate change laws....

HSBC Climate Programme, launched in the UK in May 2007, rolls out in China with ambitious targets set to 2011...

On June 4th China announced its aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions growth by almost one billion tonnes by 2010 under a long-awaited national climate plan announced in Beijing.

The °Climate Group has been selected as one of four lead partners in the HSBC Climate Partnership, a groundbreaking five-year, US$100 million initiative to respond to the urgent threat of climate change world-wide. Along with Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and WWF, The Climate Group is working with HSBC to inspire action on climate change by individuals, businesses and governments world-wide...

More companies, cities and regional governments than ever are managing to reduce their carbon footprints while strengthening operational performance, shows a new edition of the report Carbon Down Profits Up released today. In many cases these organisations have made significant cost savings as a result of their actions...

As 20 of the world's most important cities gather in London today (Tues 4th Oct 2005) to discuss climate change at C20:The World Cities Leadership Summit, The Climate Group has released a comprehensive report on what key cities are doing to cut their emissions of the greenhouse gases (GHG). The publication looks in detail at 15 major cities that have taken a leadership role - what their GHG emissions are currently; what their targets are and examples on how they are delivering on these targets.