Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong
Xiao Geng, President of the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance
Jan 06, 2021
As the United States prepares for a radical course-correction on climate change, China is raising its game. Climate action has become yet another front in the competition between the world’s two largest economies. Who will cross the net-zero-emissions finish line first?
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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.
Li Zheng, Assistant Research Processor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Nov 20, 2020
Can China’s green initiatives and the Green New Deal in the United States work in harmony? With both countries committed to a transition to new energy, it is more important than ever for them to communicate.
William M. Reicher, a research intern, China Environment Forum
Sep 16, 2020
Chronic water shortages have become an entrenched issue around the world. In China and the United States, desalination solutions are being applied to replenish precious water supplies.
Karen Mancl, Professor of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at The Ohio State University
May 17, 2020
Around the world, breweries are seeking ways to lower their environmental footprint, while increasing production and profits. The brewery industries in China and the U.S. look at methane biogas capture from their wastes as a part of both their business plans and to meet environmental sustainability goals.
Teresa Kennedy, Master's student at Peking University's Yenching Academy in Beijing
Apr 23, 2020
The issue of deep-sea presents a classic dilemma between climate protection and innovation. China has the greatest capability to pioneer a method of finding a balance between the two.
Karen Mancl, Professor of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at The Ohio State University
Apr 16, 2020
Agricultural plastics have transformed China’s agriculture and the Chinese are unlikely to abandon its use. If things do not change, plastic use in agriculture will move from a “white revolution to white pollution”.
Teresa Kennedy, Master's student at Peking University's Yenching Academy in Beijing
Apr 10, 2020
Against the backdrop of the global supply chain and climate change, possibilities for growth in China’s alternative meat market are undeniable, and US companies are looking to profit.
Lily Hartzell, Freelance Journalist based in Beijing
Mar 03, 2020
China’s commitment to reduce its coal dependency conflicts with its increase in coal production. This is bad news for both the environment and China’s economy.
Zizhu Chen, Summer 2019 Intern, Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum
Feb 12, 2020
China leads the globe in plastic waste output, at 28 percent of all plastic that ends up in the world’s oceans. It is essential that China increases its vigilance about recycling and utilizing single-use plastic products, targeting industries like food delivery with particularly high outputs.