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Geneva Refresh: Hongyu Guo (郭虹宇) summarises the early days of Geneva from a Chinese perspective

China Youth call for more Ambition

Under the UNFCCC (hereinafter, United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Chang), youth/future generation is one of the civil society constituencies. Also, with other groups as indigenous people and gender,...

The 10-year itch: Commitment Period of Paris Protocol

Stanley Lai highlights why China needs to support a 5 year climate target. Even though they have a 10-year itch

從利馬到巴黎協議:落實衡平與正義。

延續着紐約氣侯峰會、中美聯合聲明的態勢,中國官方代表團團長...

Phase out Fossils. Phase in Nuclear?

Protest at COP20 Second day of the COP20, and the plenary is full of delegates discussing the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP). The atmosphere is really hot, like if we...

Global perspectives on the Warsaw outcomes (part 2)

To better understand the implications of the outcomes of COP19 for diverse countries across the planet, the members of our team share their first reactions to the Warsaw climate decisions. See below for...

Developed world still won’t clean its mess!

No one knows when this madness will get over!   WARSAW, November 22/ 11:45PM (CET): The National Stadium went alive today with hundreds of people chanting aloud ‘Stop climate madness’ as the...

Enough is enough!

Now the talk has come to an end. Without any tangible outcomes, yesterday's unprecedentedly walk out of green groups became even more of a historical moment. Why does COP have to end this way? Take...

G77 Chair Fiji Hits Out

Dr. Jiko Fatafehi Luveni, Minister for SocialWelfare, Women, Poverty Alleviation, Fiji,speaking on behalf of the G-77/China. Picture: IISD Fiji, as chair of the Group of 77 and China (G77+China)...

Behind the Scene of Coal and Haze

The hase in Beijing and several other big cities have posed disturbance to both the public and the decison-makers. Sharing the same root with the cause of climate change, how can China shift the air...