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  • World Water Day special: How a mountain village in China adapts to climate change

    World Water Day special: How a mountain village in China adapts to climate change
    2026/03/20
    As World Water Day approaches, this special episode explores how a small mountain village in southwest China is adapting to water scarcity in a changing climate.
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    25 分
  • How China is making industrial parks zero-carbon

    How China is making industrial parks zero-carbon
    2026/03/13
    China will accelerate the development of zero-carbon industrial parks and factories. This year's government work report has highlighted the strategy, as part of the country's broader push to promote green and low-carbon development. What exactly is a zero-carbon industrial park? How do you build one? And what opportunities do they create for businesses? Zhao Ying speaks with Qu Qiang, a fellow of the Belt and Road Research Center at Minzu University of China, and Li Hanxi, the lead sustainability officer at HyperStrong, an energy storage system provider in China.
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    33 分
  • What's in China's draft Ecological and Environmental Code?

    What's in China's draft Ecological and Environmental Code?
    2026/03/06
    China's top legislature is deliberating on the draft of the country's first-ever Ecological and Environmental Code. If adopted, it would become only the second law in China formally designated as a "Code," after the Civil Code. How significant is this move? And what could it mean for businesses, investors, local governments, and ordinary citizens? Zhao Ying speaks with Ma Jun, Founder of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
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    25 分
  • Does cleaner air make the planet hotter?

    Does cleaner air make the planet hotter?
    2026/02/27
    China has seen a massive, rapid cleanup of its skies over the past decade. Yet some recent reports suggest that these pollution reductions may have unintentionally accelerated global warming. What does the science actually say? Can we really blame clean air for a warming world, or are news headlines oversimplifying a much more complex climate story? Zhao Ying speaks with Arvea Marieni, European Climate Pact Ambassador.
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    31 分
  • How your morning coffee can help build greener cities

    How your morning coffee can help build greener cities
    2026/02/20
    Do you start your day with a cup of coffee? The world's 10 billion kilograms of annual coffee waste usually rots in landfills, spewing greenhouse gases. But now, scientists are turning it into biochar to replace up to 15% of sand in concrete, boosting strength by 30% and cutting carbon footprints by up to 26%. Zhao Ying speaks with Dr. Zhang Jingxuan from the School of Engineering at RMIT, who leads the Life-Cycle Assessment of coffee waste for low-carbon concrete.
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    32 分
  • What does China's corporate climate reporting standard mean for the green transition?

    What does China's corporate climate reporting standard mean for the green transition?
    2026/02/13
    China has taken a major step toward improving corporate climate transparency with the release of its new "Corporate Sustainable Disclosure Standard No. 1 – Climate (Trial)." What does the standard require, and how should businesses and investors prepare? Zhao Ying speaks with Allan Xie, Deloitte China's Climate and Sustainability Leader. This episode was recorded on the sidelines of the 2026 International Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy Economics. Special thanks to the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University, which co-hosted the conference.
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    26 分
  • Inside CBAM: How can Chinese exporters navigate EU's carbon rules?

    Inside CBAM: How can Chinese exporters navigate EU's carbon rules?
    2026/02/12
    Since January 1st, the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has fully entered into force. It places a carbon price on imports including iron, steel, and aluminum. For manufacturers in China and across global supply chains, it's no longer just about the quality or price of a product; it's now fundamentally about the carbon embedded within it. How can companies track, report, and verify emissions to EU standards? What do the EU’s default values mean for exporters? In this episode, Zhou Fang spoke with Tu Jianjun, Managing Director of Agora Energy China and Lin Boqiang, Dean of China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy.
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    17 分
  • What's behind the EU's shift on Chinese EV imports?

    What's behind the EU's shift on Chinese EV imports?
    2026/02/06
    The European Union has reached an agreement with Beijing on general guidelines regarding the pricing of Chinese electric vehicles. Shortly thereafter, Canada announced it would allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs to enter the country at a most-favored-nation rate of 6.1 percent. Are countries finally prioritizing affordable decarbonization over a global trade war? Zhao Ying speaks with Arvea Marieni, European Climate Pact Ambassador.
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    34 分