is a central strategy to achieve these climate goals. Despite greater capacity for wind installation in China compared to the US (145.1 versus 75.0 GW), less wind electricity is generated in China (186.3 versus 190.9 TWh). Here, we quantify the relative importance of the key factors acc...
Filthy emissions from China's export industries are carried across the Pacific Ocean and contribute to air pollution in the Western United States, according to a paper published Monday by a prominent American science journal. The research is the first to quantify how air pollution in the United S...
Quantity-based water scarcity (referred to as WSqua, see Methods section), quality-based water scarcity (also pollution-induced water scarcity, abbreviated as WSpol), and water scarcity based on the combined effect of both quantity and quality (referred to as WScom) in present-day China exhibi...
China sees pollution prevention and control as an integral part of the response to climate change. Through structural adjustment, optimized configuration, policy synergy and innovative mechanisms, efforts to reduce pollution and ...
COP 27: China Climate Envoy Says Beijing Committed to Carbon Neutrality More Reuters FILE PHOTO: China's chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua smiles as he takes part a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum 2022 (WEF) in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 24,...
initiatives do not involve growth-fragility trade-offs, like lowering regulatory barriers, increasing regulatory quality and certainty, and other product and labour market policies. On the other hand, not all contributors to resilience show up in GDP calculation, like income distribution and pollution....
28 (Xinhua) -- The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday released a white paper titled 'China's Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity.' Below is the full text. China's Epic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity The State Council Information Office of ...
On average, 28% of Chinese remain in the same decile when shifting between income and consumption, compared with only 20% in India. The proportions rise to 63% in China and 48% in India when persistence refers to the same or adjacent deciles. The most striking difference between the ...
Green innovation is defined as a technology, process, or product intended to reduce pollution and the overuse of scarce resources [4]. Conducting green innovation allows firms to improve environmental performance [5,6] as well as improve their economic performance [7,8]. Therefore, firms are wil...
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