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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!

The Role of Local Leaders in China's Low-Carbon Transition - with Weila Gong

May 14, 2026

Today's episode turns to the topic of cities, and specifically the role of local officials and local bureaucracy in China's low-carbon transition. Local officials have tended to prioritize economic goals above all, even as the central government signals the importance of environmental and low-carbon policy --...

Mapping China’s Overseas Financing - with Yunnan Chen and Teal Emery

Apr 14, 2026

In this episode we continue our series on China’s overseas investment trends. In the first episode, we talked with Christoph Nedopil about Chinese investment in the Belt-and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, how both green and dirty investments surged in 2025, and how big deals are back, as opposed to...

China's Green Leap Outward - with Mathias Larsen

Feb 17, 2026

Today, we’re continuing our series on China’s external investments in the energy field, focusing in particular on China's outbound investments in clean energy manufacturing.

Our guest today is Mathias Larsen. Mathias is Senior Policy Fellow at LSE’s Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change & the...

China's Surging BRI Investments - with Christoph Nedopil-Wang

Feb 1, 2026

In today's episode, we take a deep dive into the latest stats on China's surging investments in the Belt-and-Road Initiative countries. Energy investment is up, but we learn that this was both the 'greenest and dirtiest' year for BRI investments ever. Even as China's oil demand stagnates, China's SOEs and...