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Environment

Local courts prove crucial to environment protection

On Nov 16, the local dual-carbon circuit court of Dongshan County People’s Court, Fujian province, solved an environmental damage case involving a man surnamed Deng who illegally caught fish during a fishing ban period. At the judge’s judicial interpretation, the defendant was willing to buy 2,773.3 tons of ocean carbon sink at the price of 15,600 yuan ($2,272.92), so as to mend his damage done to the ocean.
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Environment

Environment, economy advance as one in Yangtze River Basin

China has managed to advance environmental protection and economic development in parallel in the Yangtze River Basin, but more efforts are needed to address some prominent environmental problems, according to a senior national legislator.
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Environment

Symposium lauds Xi’s thought on environment

The concept of an ecological civilization promoted by China stresses harmony between humanity and nature and will help address prominent problems plaguing industrial civilization, experts said.
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Environment

StraightTalk: China can improve on building innovation-friendly environment

A comfortable environment with freedom to explore is key for China to attract more outstanding talent from around the world. Professor Fu Xiaolan discusses how China can improve on building an innovation-friendly environment on Straight Talk.
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Global Warming. Renewable Energy.

Covestro, CGN sign renewable energy deal

Covestro has signed several power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy with Chinese producer CGN New Energy, the German chemicals group said on Tuesday.
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Environment

Environmental legislation makes polluters pay compensation

China will accelerate legislation on compensation for ecological damage, as the mechanism continues to prove its role in helping restore damaged environments across the country, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
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Global Warming.

Act together to fight climate change

As the chair of the COP 27 Group of 77 and China (i.e. developing countries), it was my responsibility to bring together the countries of the world to finally make realistic and significant steps to address the current and future implications of climate change and global warming on the planet, with particular reference to the developing world. For me this was not just a professional responsibility but a deeply personal one as foreign minister of Pakistan, the country that was ravaged by the climate change catastrophe of severe floods in 2022. The decision at Sharm el-Sheikh to establish a fund to assist developing countries address loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change was a momentous first step, a signal of hope for humanity and the planet.
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Global Warming.

Act together to fight climate change

As the chair of the COP 27 Group of 77 and China (i.e. developing countries), it was my responsibility to bring together the countries of the world to finally make realistic and significant steps to address the current and future implications of climate change and global warming on the planet, with particular reference to the developing world. For me this was not just a professional responsibility but a deeply personal one as foreign minister of Pakistan, the country that was ravaged by the climate change catastrophe of severe floods in 2022. The decision at Sharm el-Sheikh to establish a fund to assist developing countries address loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change was a momentous first step, a signal of hope for humanity and the planet.
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Global Warming. Renewable Energy.

Inner Mongolia sets renewable energy targets

The Inner Mongolia autonomous region, one of the country’s largest coal producers, has unveiled an ambitious action plan to peak its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030, vowing to generate more renewable energy than coal-fired power by 2030.