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