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...
The Diplomatic Deadlock
For decades, climate change has been framed as a crisis that the international community needs to solve — and which it could solve if world...
The South China Sea’s Environmental Crisis
Beyond geopolitics, there is an ecological disaster unfolding.
U.S.-China Climate Relations Look Up After COP26
The intense levels of dialogue between the two countries on climate can now translate into practical cooperation.
The Solar Struggle
For more than a decade, the U.S. has tried to use tariffs as a way to thwart China's solar panel manufacturing industry while nurturing its...
Carbon Border Adjustment is China’s Worst Nightmare
The EU is considering a tax on imports that would be good news for the world — and terrible news for China.