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Infographic: Cities and Climate Change in China

China’s cities will be crucial players in helping the country achieve the carbon targets agreed to at the recent Paris climate conclave. And so as negotiators were hashing out a deal across town, the Paulson...

Why Beijing’s Economic Caution Is the Risky Approach

By Houze Song It’s been two years since Beijing released an impressive 60-point reform agenda at the 3rd Plenum of the 18th Communist Party Congress. But so far, instead of an economic turnaround, what we...

How China’s Mayors Can Lead the Climate Change Fight

By Deborah Lehr The horrific images of thick, toxic air pollution blanketing Beijing, under ‘Red Alert’ this week for extreme pollution, are alarming to say the least. But there is a major reason to believe...

The Paulson Institute Newsletter – December 2015

In Paris, let’s focus on averting climate risk, not on counting green jobs

By Kate Gordon This week is, of course, the first week of the UN climate summit in Paris. I’m not actually in Paris (I just couldn’t subject my family to another long absence), but that...

Back to Birdwatching in Tianjin

By Chen Liwei Three months after a series of explosions at a hazardous materials site in Tianjin, the city’s Binhai New District government is striving to rebuild its reputation and to show the citizens of...

Why China Is the Name of the Game at the Climate Talks

By Henry M. Paulson, Jr. The eyes of the global climate community are on Paris next week, where international leaders will be striving to negotiate multi-party diplomatic agreements that will help the planet avoid the...

China’s power trading exchanges: A (potential) big boost for renewable energy

By Anders Hove On Thursday, China announced plans to establish two regional power trading exchanges as part of a larger effort to liberalize electricity prices, which are currently set by the government. Though many of...

Kate Gordon: “Let’s Rethink the Role of Manufacturing in Climate-Change Policies”

Cities and the Environment Anchor the U.S.-China Relationship

By Leigh Wedell The U.S.-China relationship remains bogged down by a host of intractable issues, ranging from cyber security and the South China Sea to currency devaluation and China’s economic slowdown. But one of the...