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Written by James Ockenden
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Nov 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM |
 China has called for developed countries outside the Kyoto protocol – ie, the US, Vatican City and Andorra – to make emission reduction commitments comparable with those made by countries inside the Kyoto protocol. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Nov 24, 2011 at 05:12 PM |
 Women’s participation in corporate boardrooms is still well below parity, according to a new report from the Deloitte Global Center for Corporate Governance, Women in the boardroom: A global perspective. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jul 26, 2011 at 03:21 PM |
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 A consortium led by Dutch energy consultant KEMA is seeking Chinese partners for demonstrating a new water capture technology, with the potential to turn power plants from water consumers into water producers.
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Written by Administrator
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Apr 19, 2011 at 10:02 AM |
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The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development has a good summary of the latest UN climate talks.
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Written by James Ockenden
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Feb 06, 2011 at 05:24 PM |
 Investors looking to cash in on China's green revolution should take a pause: deep rooted policy and production issues make the sector unstable, while individual stocks are at risk from over confidence and over supply. According to at least one private equity investor, the sector is overdue a correction – Blue Skies China looks at why green is no longer gold.
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Written by James Ockenden
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Apr 09, 2010 at 12:50 AM |
 A streamlined Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could provide the means for developing nations to deliver their promised carbon dioxide emission cuts, according to London-based energy consultancy Consilience Energy Advisory Group. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jan 20, 2010 at 01:24 PM |
Any failures of the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen last month cannot be attributed to one country, according to a leading Hong Kong policymaker who attended the talks as part of the Chinese delegation. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Nov 20, 2009 at 12:23 PM |
 Hong Kong’s HK$8m public consultation into its Air Quality Objectives (AQOs) is drawing to a close – next week is the last chance for ordinary Hong Kongers to have their say about the proposal to bring Hong Kong’s air quality targets in-line with tough World Health Organization Guidelines. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Nov 10, 2009 at 04:03 PM |
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A new class of billionaire is emerging in China – the Green Tycoon. With fortunes made in solar panels, batteries and recycled paper, this exclusive club of environmental entrepreneurs now dominates China's rich list. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 22, 2009 at 06:15 PM |
E.ON, one of the three frontrunners in a £1 billion competition to build the first commercially viable carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant in the UK, has selected a consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and the UK’s Foster Wheeler Energy Limited as its project team for a proposed 1,600MW CCS demonstration plant at Kingsnorth, southeast England. |
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Written by Administrator
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Jun 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM |
 北京环境交易所（环交所）与纽约-泛欧证券交易集团BlueNext
交易所战略合作签约仪式在北京成功举行，北京环境交易所董事长熊焰先生和BlueNext
交易所董事长Serge Harry 先生共同签署了双方的战略合作协议。根据协议，在环交所
挂牌的CDM 项目将同时在BlueNext 的渠道上发布。同时，环交所还举行了CDM 项目
信息大型发布会，向国际买家集中推介了一批有代表性的CDM 项目。
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM |
 French carbon exchange BlueNext and the China Beijing Environmental Exchange (CBEEX) have signed an agreement to share Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) market intelligence and promote Chinese CDM projects to the international carbon trading community. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 13, 2009 at 11:46 AM |
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China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has suspended construction of two major hydropower projects on the upper Yangzte River region after both projects failed to attain the necessary environmental approvals. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 11, 2009 at 06:40 PM |
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The Chinese government has announced smooth progress for economic improvement projects funded by the Central Government stimulus investments announced last year, including 2 million hectares of new forestry and clean drinking water for 14.6 million rural citizens. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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Jun 10, 2009 at 05:03 PM |
Weak carbon pricing, the dangers of claiming “carbon neutrality” and a challenge to United Nations green opportunity rhetoric were amongst the points raised by a leading corporate social responsibility expert at a Hong Kong business roundtable this week. |
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Written by Administrator
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May 29, 2009 at 05:26 PM |
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Leading climate change law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has written an article summarizing the latest climate change negotiation texts released by the UN, together with a review of China’s COP15 position paper published last week. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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May 26, 2009 at 01:17 PM |
 Siemens will invest EUR60 million in a new wind turbine factory in Lingang New City, Shanghai, producing 2.3MW and 3.6MW advanced wind rotors and nacelles for the domestic Chinese market and export. |
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Written by Administrator
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May 26, 2009 at 11:24 AM |
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Enel's head of carbon strategy Giuseppe Deodati, has defended the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Enel's involvement with controversial industrial gas projects such as HFC-23 reduction, reports Reuters: U.N. carbon market a success despite criticism: Enel
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Written by James Ockenden
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May 13, 2009 at 04:50 PM |
 China’s has given its domestic solar market a boost with a substantial government subsidy programme for new solar power installations. |
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Written by James Ockenden
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May 06, 2009 at 05:19 PM |
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As India awaits the results of its 15th general election, Blue Skies China contrasts the different attitudes to economic policymaking within democratic India and authoritarian one-party China. |
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