Renewable energy costs need to be at least twice as cheap as those of fossil fuels to ensure a clean transition globally, Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate in physics and former US secretary of energy, told a forum in Hong Kong on Monday.
China’s capital city Beijing and its neighbouring provinces could face 15 extra days of extreme heat and ozone pollution annually by 2050, a new study has warned.
New US and EU tariffs and other restrictions on ‘dirty’ steel and aluminium could presage a climate-focused trade war. China can help avoid this and boost the climate change fight by pressing the WTO to take up the steel overcapacity issue.
James Bacchus: A global climate trade war is looming. Here’s how to avert it