Environment China

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Environment China is a weekly bilingual podcast from the Beijing Energy Network. The show features conversations with advocates, entrepreneurs, and experts working in the environmental field in China. We are looking to learn how they do their work, what new strategies and solutions they have found, and why now is the right time for real and positive changes in China’s environmental field.

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Listen to the latest episodes below!

China Energy and Climate Policy, Looking Beyond the Plan - with Yan Qin

Apr 11, 2021

A lot has happened in China climate and energy policy just in the weeks since the release of the outline of the national 14th Five-Year Plan. Provinces, state-owned energy giants, cities, and companies are announcing carbon neutral plans, ministries are issuing new policies, and there are new discussions...

Carbon pricing in China: Looking ahead to carbon neutrality

Mar 7, 2021

Today's podcast looks in detail at the market's expectations for carbon pricing in China, based on the results of the China Carbon Pricing Survey 2020, at http://www.chinacarbon.info/. The survey has been around for long enough to provide a view of how market expectations have changed over time and what types...

US-China Energy and Climate Cooperation: Conclusions with Lili Pike

Feb 3, 2021

Two weeks into the Biden administration, and we’ve arrived at the fourth and final episode of our short series talking about US-China cooperation on energy and climate. Today, we host special guest Lili Pike, past organizer and host of the BEN podcast and now journalist at Vox.com, where she has written about U.S....

US-China Energy and Climate Cooperation, Episode 3: Fan Dai

Jan 26, 2021

We’ve arrived at Episode 3 of our series talking about the Biden administration and what it means for US-China cooperation on energy and climate, with a special emphasis today on subnational cooperation, with Dr Fan Dai. We hone in on how the countries could work together on developing pathways for low-carbon...

US-China Energy and Climate Cooperation, Part 2: Expert Panel

Jan 24, 2021

Welcome to Part 2 of our podcast series about the Biden administration and what it means for US-China cooperation on energy and climate.

On this episode, we have four energy and climate experts from the U.S. and China. Li Xiang of Peking University, Alvin Lin of the Natural resources defense council, Li Shuo of...