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China on the Path towards Putting a Price on Carbon

May 16, 2010

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbontax, China, chinaclimate, globalwarming, lowcarbon

China is now one step closer to putting in place a carbon tax. According to several reports, the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on Tuesday...

China Records Its Climate Actions By Copenhagen Accord Deadline

February 1, 2010

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
china, chinaclimate, climate, copenhagen, copenhagenaccord, energyandclimate, energyefficiency, obama, renewables

China's Commitment China has submitted its proposed climate mitigation actions to the UNFCCC in a letter dated January 28, ahead of the January 31, 2010 deadline in the Copenhagen Accord.  Given Premier Wen Jiabao’s hands-on role, along with President Obama...

China Transparency Pledge Moves Copenhagen Talks Forward

December 17, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
agreement, china, climate, clinton, COP15, copenhagen, developingcountries, heyafei, MRV, obama, reporting, transparency

China advanced hope for a global climate accord Thursday, saying it would enhance the information it makes available to other countries about its carbon emissions and submit that reporting to some form of international review. This opens the door to...

Clean Tech in Copenhagen: A Key Solution to Climate Change

December 14, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Green Enterprise , Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
buildings, china, chinasolar, cleanenergy, cleantech, climateREDI, COP15, copenhagen, DOE, energyefficiency, solar

Clean tech is very much on the radar screen here in Copenhagen as a key solution to climate change.  The U.S.-based Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) have just released a report entitled “Seizing...

NRDC hosts COP15 side event on climate solutions in China

December 9, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
buildings, carbonintensity, china, cop15, copenhagen, energy, globalwarming, mitigation, target

I work in China. I am no stranger to crowds. But the number of people streaming into Copenhagen for what is already an historic event in the global undertaking to curtail climate catastrophe would put even the most cosmopolitan of...

My First Day in Copenhagen

December 7, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
beijing, bicycles, china, climatechange, cop15, copenhagen, UNFCCC

I knew I’ve been working in China too long when I couldn’t stop comparing everything in Copenhagen to Beijing.   I couldn’t even pass for an ordinary American to the immigration officer – my passport gave me away. He took one...

China’s Carbon Intensity Target

November 27, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbonintensity, china, climate, climatechange, climatenegotiations, copenhagencountdown, globalwarming

China yesterday announced that Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate summit and that he will bring with him a target for China of reducing carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.  Coming a...

Obama and Hu's New Clean Energy Agreements: On the Path to a Low-Carbon Future

November 17, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
agreement, buildingenergylabeling, CCS, china, chinanrdc, cleanenergy, cleantech, cleanvehicles, climate, climatechange, copenhagencountdown, electricvehicles, energy, energyefficiency, globalwarming, hujintao, MOU, obama, renewables, solar

Today, during President Obama's first full day here in Beijing, he and President Hu Jintao announced a package of clean energy partnership initiatives between the United States and China that adds substance to the structure of the US-China MOU on...

Clean Energy Cooperation on the Eve of the US-China Summit

November 16, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
china, chinanrdc, cleanenergy, cleantech, cleanvehicles, climatechange, copenhagencountdown, DOE, energyefficiency, globalwarming, obama, summit, USChina

 In conjunction with President Obama's trip to China, I had the great privilege of speaking today at a high-level Clean Energy Roundtable in Beijing with top government officials from the U.S. and China. Over 100 experts attended, including the heads...

Empowering the US and China: The World's Largest Solar Power Plant

November 3, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Green Enterprise , Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
china, chinanrdc, chinasolar, cleantech, climate, climatechange, firstsolar, greentech, renewables, solarenergy, USChina

Last week in Beijing I sat down with some executives from First Solar, the Arizona-based solar producer of thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. First Solar is one of the most cost-efficient producer of PV cells in the world, and one...

76 Days Until Copenhagen

September 22, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbonintensity, china, climatechange, climatenegotiations, copenhagencountdown

There are 76 days until Copenhagen. 76 days. This morning's UN Summit on Climate Change was a good example of just how far we've come in the global climate discussions. Every world leader who spoke mentioned our collective responsibility to...

US and China Sign Agreement for Cooperation on Climate Change, Energy and Environment

July 29, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
agreement, china, climate, cooperation, dialogue, energy, environment, globalwarming, MOU, SED, US

The U.S. and China, the world's two largest global warming polluters, signed an agreement yesterday that recognizes the "very important role" that both countries have in combating climate change, and commits both countries to "respond vigorously" to the challenges of...