Energy transition expert Kou Jingna, writing for China Dialogue, explores the low-carbon marathon being run in China’s steelmaking powerhouse, Shanxi province In September 2020, China declared its intention to peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2060 – the “dual carbon” goals. Key to hitting these targets is transforming the iron and steel sector, which emits the most carbon of China’s manufacturing sectors – and approximately …
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With their governments behind them, companies in the UK and China have been working hard to achieve the two countries’ net zero targets across fields from green finance to clean transportation and the urban energy transition – even working in partnership in some cases. The news that the UK saw its warmest year on record in 2022 – and the prediction that this year could be even hotter – is …
China recently released its draft energy law, which highlights energy security, renewable energy, and liberalisation and reform of the sector as a whole. Tom Pattison speaks to three experts to find out what it might mean for foreign investors In April, China released its draft energy law that aims to regulate, control and reform the energy sector. “The aim of this law is to reform a sector that is very …