Newsy tidbits on green developments in China, sans analysis.
Super eco-cities? The unstoppable drive in China towards increased urbanization in the midst of the massive scale of rural-to-urban migration is well known. A report by McKinsey, the prestigious global consulting firm, advocates that China undertakes a more concentrated form of urbanization by building 15 [...]
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Posted in innovation, policy, wind on Mar 24th, 2008
A discussion on technological innovation in China and its limits to achieving true sustainability.
I attended a talk on the role of innovation in combating climate change last week. The focus of the discussion was on technological innovation and the role of governments in channeling investments into technology across multiple sectors. However, much of Q&A [...]
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Posted in wind on Mar 15th, 2008
The wind energy industry in China is booming. Whereas global installed wind power capacity has averaged 28% per year over the past few years, China experienced a 100% increase in such capacity (1.3 GW) in 2006, and another 156% (3.4 GW) increase in 2007 over 2006, for a total installed capacity of 6.0 GW [...]
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Posted in government on Mar 12th, 2008
Yesterday, the National People’s Congress announced moves to reorganize the central government by creating five so-called superministries, including one responsible for environmental protection via the upgrading of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) to ministry status. But the NPC stopped short of creating a unified organ to oversee the contentious issue of energy policy.
The government [...]
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Posted in capital and finance, policy on Mar 11th, 2008
The central government, with Pan Yue (潘岳) of China’s State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) as its fearless green leader, has enacted a cyclone of green policies dubbed the “Green Whirlwinds”, coinciding with the “peaceful rise” of SEPA to a ministry-level administrative organ. Here’s a brief summary of the green credit, green insurance, green securities [...]
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