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China will resist becoming climate change leader

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CHINA

China's climate change policy after US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

US Green New Deal will evolve piecemeal

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UNITED STATES

The GND calls for massive changes to the US economy, environment and social policy to make the country fully ‘green compliant’. The March 26 rejection of a GND resolution before…

Seabed mining to advance despite climate risks

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INT

Various countries will increasingly permit or conduct seabed mining within their jurisdiction, while demand for metals for the green energy transition and international tensions…

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

Bahrain's energy transition will be slow

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BAHRAIN

Its sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, announced on November 30 that it was establishing a USD750mn fund to invest in climate-related projects. On the same day, the Bahraini…

Japan will make serious progress in decarbonisation

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JAPAN

This brings Japan into line with other countries ahead of the COP26 UN climate negotiations in November. Fully achieving decarbonisation targets will require fundamental…

R&D spending could help global productivity recovery

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INTERNATIONAL

High on the agenda is the need for science to work across disciplines to address complex societal problems. In 2015, research and development (R&D) funding increased by 5.1…

COVID-19 may permanently alter long-term energy demand

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INTERNATIONAL

Policy responses to the global recession have the potential either to accelerate or retard the energy transition. Economic and social behavioural change as a result of forced…

EU tightens cybersecurity of critical infrastructure

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EU

The new rules require EU states to meet stricter supervisory and enforcement measures and harmonise their sanctions, and seek to bolster investment in the cybersecurity of…

China will transform global carbon emissions trading

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CHINA

China's plans for a national carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS).