On 26 May 2021, the first plenary meeting of the Carbon Peaking and Neutrality Leading Group was held in Beijing. The meeting was chaired by Vice Premier HAN Zheng. During the meeting, it was emphasized that key provinces, sectors, and companies should set peaking targets and plans as well as
On 28 May 2021, eight governmental institutions, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC), the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MoHURD), the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), General Administration of Customs (GAC), the National Energy Administration
On 17 May 2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) issued three documents expounding the administrative rules regarding the trading platform, registry, and settlements of the country’s national ETS. In the announcement, it nominated Hubei Emission Exchange as responsible for the registry system and Shanghai Energy and Environment Exchange
On 14 May 2021, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMU) commissioned a modification offer with a cost-neutral extension of the Sino-German Environmental Partnership project until the end of April 2022. The extension of the project duration became necessary
The Rhodium Group, a US-based research provider, published its most recent stocktake of 2019 global GHG emissions on 06 May 2021, according to which the People’s Republic of China (PRC) eclipsed the aggregate emissions of OECD members for the first time since the beginning of its records. Of the 52 gigatons of
On 29 April 2021, a law against food waste was adopted at a session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee. Among other things, the law stipulates that caterers can charge customers a disposal fee in cases where excessive amounts of food waste are left behind. In addition, the
On 28 April 2021, the sixth installment of the biannual Sino-German intergovernmental consultations took place. Due to the ongoing pandemic situation Chancellor Angela MERKEL and Premier LI Keqiang as well as the 25 ministers and heads of department met virtually. Among the topics discussed by the two heads of state
Amid its environmental protection and green development efforts, on 26 April 2021, the General Offices of the Central Committee and the State Council jointly issued a guideline on setting up and improving the mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products. According to the guideline, the main objective is to
The key quantified climate and decarbonization targets in the 2021 Energy Work Plan include a reduction of the proportion of coal in primary energy consumption to less than 56%, an increase in the proportion of electricity in the final energy consumption to about 28%, and a 3% decrease in energy
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