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March 3, 2016

What Zhangjiakou Tells Us About China’s Renewable Energy Roadblocks

By Anders Hove The recent Paris climate change conference ended with a strong global framework and encouraging national commitments to reduce carbon emissions. But the big question remaining is how to implement those commitments on...

March 1, 2016

Top 10 Paulson Institute Activities of 2015

We had a busy year at the Paulson Institute in 2015, building out our think tank and consolidating an array of energy, environmental, conservation and investment-related programs in both the United States and China. As...

February 12, 2016

Update: The Debate on China’s Economy

Is China out of money, or are the markets overreacting? Will there be a hard landing, or can China maneuver its way through its current economic difficulties? As China’s markets end a weeklong New Year’s...

February 10, 2016

Chinese Consumption – Watch it Grow

Amid growing concerns about China’s slowing economy, a recent research report by BCG and Alibaba* argues that China’s consumer economy is going gangbusters. Consumption growth will be driven by the dramatic rise of upper-middle-class households...

February 3, 2016

China: New Year, New Economic Era

By Kate Gordon Happy February, and Happy Chinese New Year! It’s not just a new year for China, according to reports coming out of a recent State Council meeting—it’s also a new economic era. Government...

February 2, 2016

5 Things to Know about China’s Coastal Wetlands

Wetlands play a vital role for the future of humanity, and coastal wetlands in particular provide important protection against rising sea levels and extreme weather events such as typhoons. What’s more, China’s coastal region is...

February 1, 2016

How One Mountain Village in China Eliminated Coal Heating

By Anders Hove TIELU CUN, BEIJING—We recently visited Tielu Cun 铁炉村, a village of around 240 people, mostly farmers, in Beijing’s Yanqing county. For centuries, people in this village have heated their homes with coal. In...

January 29, 2016

Do Energy Stats Signal a Transition to a More Sustainable Economy?

By Anders Hove The recently reported decline in China’s electricity consumption has sparked worries of further economic slowdown among China watchers. National electricity consumption declined 0.2% and industrial electricity use went down 1.4%. But a...

January 15, 2016

What to Know About Green Bonds in China

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) recently released official rules on issuing green bonds to support the financing of sustainable solutions for China’s transition to a low-carbon economy. Green finance will be a crucial component...

December 17, 2015

How China Became the New Responsible Player on Climate

By Kate Gordon and Deborah Lehr   Coming out of the UN climate negotiations last week, one truth has been nearly universally acknowledged, which is that the U.S. and China were central to the final...