Dialogue Earth

With clean energy projects no longer needing to be bundled with energy storage, companies are finding new opportunities at home and abroad.

A deeper transition is a downpayment on the region’s future competitiveness in an increasingly climate-sensitive world, argue two energy experts.

Its industry would benefit from a plan to cut emissions, which the UN shipping regulator is due to finalise this year, says Mao Xiaoli.

Wind turbines are key to addressing climate change but should be located away from bird flyways, experts say.

The global demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is rapidly driving up feedstock prices. In China, the price of waste cooking oil, often called “gutter oil”, has risen around fourfold in two years.

From WW1 to COP31, next year’s co-presidency could provide the creative diplomacy and bridge-building climate negotiations need.

Ma Jun, a leader in China's green finance, speaks about its globalisation and the provision of cheaper funding for renewable-energy projects in the Global South.

The COP30 climate summit has brought these minerals, and China’s central role, to the fore of just transition debates.