Climatico » China http://www.climaticoanalysis.org Independent analysis of climate policy Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:13:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A Surprise Ending for Durban (Almost) http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-surprise-ending-for-durban-almost/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-surprise-ending-for-durban-almost/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:28:11 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=9121 The Durban conference on climate change ended on a much better note than many expected, but continued to delay the toughest questions for at least three years. The final outcome of the conference, COP-17, is a two-page, breakthrough document called the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-surprise-ending-for-durban-almost/feed/ 0 The Durban conference on climate change ended on a much better note than many expected, but continued to delay the toughest questions for at least three years. The final outcome of the conference, COP-17, is a two-page, breakthrough document called the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” [...] The End of Durban May Mean the End of Kyoto http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-end-of-durban-may-mean-the-end-of-kyoto/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-end-of-durban-may-mean-the-end-of-kyoto/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:23:46 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=9010 Garden Staircase, Kyoto, JapanThe end of the Durban conference is approaching, and in all likelihood, the end of the Kyoto Protocol along with it. Developments in the last few days indicate the outcome is more likely to confirm a global disagreement, rather than agreement, over the idea of a second Kyoto commitment period, or “Kyoto II,” for all countries, both developed and developing. [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-end-of-durban-may-mean-the-end-of-kyoto/feed/ 0 Garden Staircase, Kyoto, JapanThe end of the Durban conference is approaching, and in all likelihood, the end of the Kyoto Protocol along with it. Developments in the last few days indicate the outcome is more likely to confirm a global disagreement, rather than agreement, over the idea of a second Kyoto commitment period, or “Kyoto II,” for all countries, both developed and developing. [...] India Rejects EU Plan for New Treaty After Kyoto http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/india-rejects-eu-plan-for-new-treaty-after-kyoto/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/india-rejects-eu-plan-for-new-treaty-after-kyoto/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:49:24 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8727 With the Durban climate change negotiations barely a week old, key countries are drawing their “red line” positions in the sand. On one side of the line, where the Group of 77 (G77) + China and other developing countries firmly sit, is a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol that continues binding targets for current country signatories after the first period expires at the end of 2012 (excluding Canada, which has announced that it is pulling out of the treaty altogether). On the other is a European Union plan for a new global agreement with binding targets for all countries beginning in 2015 and in force by 2020. [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/india-rejects-eu-plan-for-new-treaty-after-kyoto/feed/ 0 With the Durban climate change negotiations barely a week old, key countries are drawing their “red line” positions in the sand. On one side of the line, where the Group of 77 (G77) + China and other developing countries firmly sit, is a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol that continues binding targets for current country signatories after the first period expires at the end of 2012 (excluding Canada, which has announced that it is pulling out of the treaty altogether). On the other is a European Union plan for a new global agreement with binding targets for all countries beginning in 2015 and in force by 2020. [...] Disappointment as Canada says it will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/disappointment-as-canada-says-it-will-withdraw-from-the-kyoto-protocol/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/disappointment-as-canada-says-it-will-withdraw-from-the-kyoto-protocol/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:56:58 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8719 Canada takes first Fossil of the Day at COP17On Monday, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that Canada "will not make a second commitment to Kyoto." In addition, Canada will no longer take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol and may begin to formally withdraw from the agreement next month. In place of the Protocol, Canada's goal is for "a new international agreement, eventually binding, which would include all the major developed and developing emitters." [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/disappointment-as-canada-says-it-will-withdraw-from-the-kyoto-protocol/feed/ 0 Canada takes first Fossil of the Day at COP17On Monday, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that Canada "will not make a second commitment to Kyoto." In addition, Canada will no longer take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol and may begin to formally withdraw from the agreement next month. In place of the Protocol, Canada's goal is for "a new international agreement, eventually binding, which would include all the major developed and developing emitters." [...] The G77 unlikely to get Kyoto II at COP-17 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-g77-unlikely-to-get-kyoto-ii-at-cop-17/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-g77-unlikely-to-get-kyoto-ii-at-cop-17/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:54:01 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8493 Heading into Durban and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as the Seventeenth Conference of Parties (COP-17), the G77 remains committed to its long-standing position of achieving a legally binding agreement. Given the ongoing stalemate between developed and developing countries, however, many media accounts say they are unlikely to achieve it anytime soon [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-g77-unlikely-to-get-kyoto-ii-at-cop-17/feed/ 0 Heading into Durban and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as the Seventeenth Conference of Parties (COP-17), the G77 remains committed to its long-standing position of achieving a legally binding agreement. Given the ongoing stalemate between developed and developing countries, however, many media accounts say they are unlikely to achieve it anytime soon [...] Will Changes in China’s Domestic Emissions Targets Signal a Recognition of China’s Growing International Role? http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/will-changes-in-china%e2%80%99s-domestic-emissions-targets-signal-a-recognition-of-china%e2%80%99s-growing-international-role/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/will-changes-in-china%e2%80%99s-domestic-emissions-targets-signal-a-recognition-of-china%e2%80%99s-growing-international-role/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:47:28 +0000 Nathan Hayes http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8417 Quingdao Huaweu Wind Farm

China’s emissions have risen sharply in recent years due to rapid industrialisation, fuelled chiefly by coal burning. In terms of national emissions, it has overtaken the US; its per-capita emissions are currently much lower, but rising quickly. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has recently put China’s annual emissions at 6.8 tonnes of carbon [...]

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China’s emissions have risen sharply in recent years due to rapid industrialisation, fuelled chiefly by coal burning. In terms of national emissions, it has overtaken the US; its per-capita emissions are currently much lower, but rising quickly. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has recently put China’s annual emissions at 6.8 tonnes of carbon [...]

Quingdao Huaweu Wind Farm Is China on the Path to Equal Parts Environmental Protection and Economic Growth? http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/is-china-on-the-path-to-equal-parts-environmental-protection-and-economic-growth/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/is-china-on-the-path-to-equal-parts-environmental-protection-and-economic-growth/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:59:41 +0000 Shira Honig http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8345

It has taken a long time in China, but official policies finally aim to achieve a sustainable balance between environmental protection and economic growth in significant ways. Developments over the last several weeks and months include a draft proposal for new rules on fines for pollution, discussions of an environmental tax and increased environmental spending, [...]

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It has taken a long time in China, but official policies finally aim to achieve a sustainable balance between environmental protection and economic growth in significant ways. Developments over the last several weeks and months include a draft proposal for new rules on fines for pollution, discussions of an environmental tax and increased environmental spending, [...]

 Japan Renewable Feed-in-Tariff Passes, While Ontario Faces Battles http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/japan-renewable-feed-in-tariff-passes-while-ontario-faces-battles/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/japan-renewable-feed-in-tariff-passes-while-ontario-faces-battles/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:19:21 +0000 Shira Honig http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=7918

While Ontario’s ambitious feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy is being put to the test by domestic and international opposition, including a challenge from Japan, Japan has just achieved a major breakthrough for its own FIT policy as it continues to recover from the tsunami and nuclear disaster this past March. Both examples will have implications for renewable [...]

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While Ontario’s ambitious feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy is being put to the test by domestic and international opposition, including a challenge from Japan, Japan has just achieved a major breakthrough for its own FIT policy as it continues to recover from the tsunami and nuclear disaster this past March. Both examples will have implications for renewable [...]

 What is an EEZ worth? High stakes in the Pacific, South China Sea http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/what-is-an-eez-worth-high-stakes-in-the-pacific-south-china-sea/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/what-is-an-eez-worth-high-stakes-in-the-pacific-south-china-sea/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:18:39 +0000 Shira Honig http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=7374

The value of an EEZ is on clear display in the South China Sea dispute and in the Pacific small island states battling the climate change threat. Despite their differences – one carries the weight of changing geopolitics and possible military force; the other, the disappearance of states altogether from the world map – both [...]

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The value of an EEZ is on clear display in the South China Sea dispute and in the Pacific small island states battling the climate change threat. Despite their differences – one carries the weight of changing geopolitics and possible military force; the other, the disappearance of states altogether from the world map – both [...]

 Towards a Greater Role for Developing Countries at COP16 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/towards-a-greater-role-for-developing-countries-at-cop16/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/towards-a-greater-role-for-developing-countries-at-cop16/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:30:52 +0000 Cancun Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=5549

Article by Guest Contributor: Joelle Westlund Emerging from the four preparatory rounds in Bonn, Germany and Tianjin, China, developing countries have reason to doubt the progress to be made at the COP16 conference in Cancun. In the meetings leading up to  the conference, China and the United States have already disclosed their predisposition towards agreements [...]

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Article by Guest Contributor: Joelle Westlund Emerging from the four preparatory rounds in Bonn, Germany and Tianjin, China, developing countries have reason to doubt the progress to be made at the COP16 conference in Cancun. In the meetings leading up to  the conference, China and the United States have already disclosed their predisposition towards agreements [...]