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Looking Toward Nuclear Expansion, China Works with U.S. on Safety*
Jane Nakano For many years, Chinese regulators have learned about nuclear safety from working with the United States, but nuclear safety cooperation is becoming increasingly a two-way street. Nuclear...
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Momentum For Paris Agreement Builds from U.S.-China Climate Change Pledges
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson With the U.S. release of its proposal for the international climate negotiations and proposals expected soon from other countries, the negotiations are intensifying....
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US-China climate cooperation could be model for more bilateral deals
Sarah Forbes and Joanna Lewis This op-ed originally appeared on The Hill’s Congress Blog:When U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping jointly announced major targets to combat...
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The G-2, The Paris Climate Deal, and the Need for Additional Cycles of Action
Angel Hsu and Andrew Moffat Given last November’s historic joint climate announcement, much anticipation has been focused on the contributions of the United States and China towards December’s Paris...
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Strategic and Economic Dialogue announces climate progress, ChinaFAQs and...
Geoffrey Henderson For the full briefing notice including speakers, topics, and the video recording, click hereAt this week’s U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, D.C., the two...
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China Announces Next Steps in Shift to Low-Carbon Path
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson As China unveiled its contribution (“INDC”) to the international climate negotiations, affirming the pledges it made in its joint announcement with the U.S. in...
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Stronger Commitments from China and US Are Breakthrough for International...
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson With the current climate negotiations reaching a conclusion in Paris this coming December, we are at a pivotal moment in the global effort to address climate change...
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China Is Raising Its Climate Ambition, Experts Say
Geoffrey Henderson This post originally appeared on WRI’s Insights blog:China is increasing its ambition in addressing climate change, and it has a strong national interest in sustaining its actions....
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Steel production, air pollution, and electricity prices
Geoffrey Henderson China’s top steel-producing city—Tangshan, Hebei province—is undergoing campaigns to reduce smog through stringent pollution standards and to tackle overcapacity, which entail...
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To Achieve its New Climate Goals, China Must Look to its Buildings
Maoqi Sun and Jennifer Layke This post is co-written with Clay Nesler, the vice president for global energy and sustainability at Johnson Controls. This post is adapted from a similar post on WRI’s...
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Chinese and U.S. Cities, States and Provinces Announce Climate Targets and...
Geoffrey Henderson At this week’s U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles, eleven cities and provinces from across China committed to reach a peak in their carbon dioxide emissions before the...
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U.S.-China Presidential Summit Offers Opportunity on Climate Change
Valerie Karplus Climate change looms large among the many issues on the table at the upcoming meeting of Presidents Xi and Obama in the U.S. next week. Any new developments at that meeting will build...
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US-China Cooperation is Good News for the Climate
Deborah Seligsohn The US-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change is a landmark for the bilateral relationship in terms of its specificity and ambition. This is especially true given that many...
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On the Path to Paris, Obama and Xi Invite Stronger Global Climate Ambition
Valerie Karplus The latest Obama-Xi announcement sends a strong message: the two nations are acting fast to enable a global low carbon transition. Friday’s joint announcement is an unprecedented step...
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US-China Climate Change Announcement Signals New Phase for Global Action
Geoffrey Henderson, Kristin Meek, David Waskow, Athena Ballesteros and Paul Joffe This post originally appeared on WRI’s Insights blog:Nearly a year ago, the United States and China laid out their...
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China, the U.S., and France: Paris and the Road Ahead
Paul Joffe and Geoffrey Henderson While the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (for short, COP21) officially begins on Monday, November 30th in Paris, the...
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China in Paris: New Responsibility, New Optimism
Deborah Seligsohn From the Paris Climate NegotiationsThere is an infectious enthusiasm among the Chinese delegation, both actual negotiators and the many academics the Chinese government brings along...
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Climate Change in Paris; Air-Pocalypse in Beijing. What’s the connection?
Deborah Seligsohn From the Paris Climate NegotiationsBy now everyone who follows environmental news or looks at the front page of major newspapers knows that in the last two weeks Beijing has suffered...
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In Paris, China Announces Promising Elements of National Emissions Trading...
Ranping Song From the Paris Climate NegotiationsNegotiators from around the world have gathered in Paris to finalize a global climate agreement, which will be supported by the commitments of over 180...
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Where Wai (outer) meets Nei (inner): How China’s international and domestic...
Michael Davidson and Valerie Karplus From the Paris Climate NegotiationsNational goal-setting—an expected key outcome from the Paris climate talks currently underway—is a common fixture of...
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