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  • How can geothermal power heat up China’s green future?

    How can geothermal power heat up China’s green future?
    2025/10/31
    In this episode, Fei Fei explores the untapped potential of geothermal energy. While Iceland has long been a global leader in harnessing the Earth’s heat, China is now beginning to take a closer look at this often-overlooked renewable resource. Featuring Rósbjörg Jónsdóttir from the Iceland Renewable Energy Cluster and Associate Professor Shu Biao from Central South University, the episode dives into geothermal energy’s potential in China and how it could play a bigger role in the country’s green transition. Photo/ Aiken Spring in northwest China's Qinghai Province
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    30 分
  • How can China build a resilient and low-carbon agrifood system?

    How can China build a resilient and low-carbon agrifood system?
    2025/10/22
    As China faces rising temperatures, extreme weather, and shifting rainfall patterns, its agrifood system must adapt — while also cutting greenhouse gas emissions. In this episode, Fei Fei explores the challenges and opportunities for Chinese agriculture with insights from Professor Zheng Dawei and world-renowned agricultural expert Professor Fan Shenggen. From innovative farming techniques to nationwide adaptation strategies, we discuss how China’s farms can feed the nation and fight climate change.
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    22 分
  • Female power in climate action: cases from China

    Female power in climate action: cases from China
    2025/10/15
    China has just hosted the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women, marking 30 years since the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. As the world revisits the goals of gender equality, one question stands out: how can women’s empowerment and climate action work together? In this episode of Climate Watch, Fei Fei speaks with Wang Binbin, Associate Research Professor at Peking University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality, about her report Synergy of Climate Action and Gender Equality in China. Through her research, Binbin explores how Chinese women are adapting to and driving climate solutions. You can read her report here: https://carbon.pku.edu.cn/kxyj/kydt2/yjbg/d04a089af0cf431caa55605437e00711.htm Climate Watch and Beyond Climate Dialogue collaboration: https://radio.cgtn.com/podcast/news/5/Looking-back-to-move-forward-what-ancient-wisdom-can-teach-us-about-climate-action-Part-1/2715521
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    38 分
  • What can ancient tea forests teach us about sustainability?

    What can ancient tea forests teach us about sustainability?
    2025/10/09
    On Jingmai Mountain in Yunnan Province, ancient tea forests tell a story of tradition, ecology, and resilience. The local Bulang and Dai people have cultivated tea in harmony with nature for centuries, creating biodiverse forests that yield unique, aromatic Pu’er tea. Today, communities are reviving traditional methods while embracing innovation—using new business models and digital tools help younger generations preserve culture and connect with global markets. This episode explores how ancient wisdom meets modern sustainability, offering lessons in ecological stewardship, cultural heritage, and resilient rural economies.
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    27 分
  • Can the desert bloom with forests and clean energy?

    Can the desert bloom with forests and clean energy?
    2025/10/03
    Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert, one of the largest sand seas on Earth, is gaining a new identity. Once known only for its shifting dunes, it’s now surrounded by shelterbelts of trees planted through China’s Three-North afforestation program. And alongside this green belt, a new landscape is taking shape — solar farms glinting under the desert sun and wind turbines rising against the horizon. In this episode of Climate Watch, Fei Fei speaks with Jason Smith, host of The Bridge to China Podcast, about his journey to Xinjiang and how the desert is being transformed into a frontier of forests and clean energy. You can find Jason's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridge-to-china/id1600232246 or https://www.youtube.com/@thebridgetoChina
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    33 分
  • What to make of China’s new climate targets

    What to make of China’s new climate targets
    2025/09/26
    At the UN Climate Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled new climate targets for 2035, pledging to cut economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by 7 to 10% from peak levels, expand wind and solar to 3,600 gigawatts, and grow forests and carbon markets. Beyond the numbers, what message is China sending to the world? In this episode, Fei Fei speaks with Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, to unpack the ambition, challenges, and global implications of China’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions.
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    28 分
  • How green are your emails, really?

    How green are your emails, really?
    2025/09/12
    We often think going paperless is eco-friendly—but is our digital life as green as we believe? Every email, file, and cloud service relies on data centers, and together they produce significant carbon emissions. This hidden impact is called digital pollution. In this episode of Climate Watch, Fei Fei explores how our everyday online habits affect the environment and speaks with Ian Chew, founder of Greenie Web, a Singapore-based startup working to clean up the digital world. Are data centers just energy hogs — or the future of smart grids? https://radio.cgtn.com/podcast/news/5/Are-data-centers-just-energy-hogs-or-the-future-of-smart-grids/2716184
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    32 分
  • A China-Brazil green pact for planet and food security

    A China-Brazil green pact for planet and food security
    2025/09/19
    Chinese and Brazilian institutes and universities are intensifying cooperation to jointly address climate change impacts, including on agriculture and food. With agriculture being one of the most solid pillars, the two countries are complementary in advantages and demand in further boosting food security while protecting the environment. In this episode, Zhou Fang spoke with André Guimarães, executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute to dig deeper into their cooperation with China Jiliang University. We explore how the new partnership aims to identify risks, propose adaptation strategies, and provide solutions. We also discuss how China and Brazil are shouldering their responsibility to lead Global South efforts in climate action.
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    29 分