Major Miner
A look at Zijin Mining, which made its name digging up gold, but is now hoping to catch up in the race to produce the...
Climate Changers
With climate diplomacy deadlocked, researchers and policy makers are grappling with extreme warming scenarios and sobering choices — including tinkering with the global climate. Despite...
Climate Consensus
Increasingly, Democrats and Republicans believe that climate change and China pose a single interconnected challenge. As a result — and for the first time ever...
Refocusing U.S.-China Climate Relations
Zero-sum competition between the U.S. and China holds disastrous consequences for the climate. A new model is needed.
China’s Under-Used Grid
A look at China’s electricity grid: how it works, who foots the bill, and how its structure leads to power crunches and expensive prices despite...
The Ocean Edge
With its plans for seabed mining and the "blue economy," China is implementing a strategy for the world's warming oceans. The U.S. is trying to...
Coal Comeback?
Following a summer of power shortages, Beijing is sending mixed messages about the role of coal in China's energy mix.
Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water
Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming.
A Big Payoff from U.S.-China Climate Coordination
New research shows that China and the U.S. could both decarbonize their grids by 80 percent between now and 2035.
Pole Position
In public, Chinese diplomats and climate negotiators deny that they see any link between climate change and geopolitics. But there is a deeply cynical consensus...
Powering Utah, with China’s Help
Even the new poster-child for domestic energy innovation relies on critical inputs from China.
The Adaptation Advantage
China is mobilizing to adapt and thrive in a rapidly warming world. Under Xi Jinping, the country has undertaken thousands of projects — across industries...