Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, Former President of Ireland
Dec 16, 2020
Millions of people around the world are facing significant adversity. Governments must provide adequate financial and social protection, so that the poor and marginalized do not feel they must choose between protecting their health and providing for their families. And they must address the deeper social inequalities that the pandemic has exacerbated.
Kevin Tu, an adjunct professor, Beijing Normal University
Nov 30, 2020
In his video address to the United Nations General Assembly in September, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a slight improvement of China’s 2015 Paris climate agreement pledge: national carbon dioxide emissions should now peak before 2030 rather than around 2030.
Clare Auld-Brokish, Summer 2020 research assistant, Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum
Aug 19, 2020
As municipal budgets are squeezed by COVID-19, authorities need to get creative in order to stave off future weather events.
Sara Hsu, Visiting Scholar at Fudan University
Jan 07, 2020
The world needs to come up with a strong, multilateral solution for combatting climate change, and China's backing in this effort is essential.
Lily Hartzell, Freelance Journalist based in Beijing
Nov 08, 2019
China and the EU have showed a promising start on green finance, in part due to China’s speed and enthusiasm to encourage green investments, but stricter environmental standards are needed.
Mikaila Smith, J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School
Sep 20, 2019
The massive fires in the Amazon Rainforest have ignited concern and sparked debates about the main actors behind climate change. Now the question remains – are the primary countries responsible going to take the action necessary to save the planet?
Charles Street, Master’s degree candidate, Sciences Po and Peking University
Aug 16, 2019
The efforts of the Chinese government to increase the electrification of their auto industry have caused an impressive increase in China’s use of renewable energy. It’s time for the US to catch up.
James Chau, President, China-United States Exchange Foundation
Jan 28, 2019
Stephen Orlins talks about the challenges facing US-China relations and the career of a "small potato."
Lily Hartzell, Freelance Journalist based in Beijing
Jan 25, 2019
China has shifted from a recalcitrant participant in global climate negotiations to a supporter of climate commitments on the world stage. Despite the US’s anti-globalist tendencies with climate policy, China, and the world, are still serious about combating global warming.
Justin Yifu Lin, Former Chief Economist, The World Bank
Håvard Halland, Visiting scholar at the Stanford Global Projects Center (GPC) at Stanford University
Oct 29, 2018
Without massive amounts of long-term “patient” capital – which only institutional investors can muster – it will be impossible to transform energy systems fast enough to mitigate the risk of ecological, economic, and social disaster.