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In China, record-breaking >40°C+ days, as heat waves hit earlier, hotter, and impact wider areas: Greenpeace analysis
Temperatures over 40°C in Shijiazhuang, a second-tier city on the outskirts of Beijing, last week are putting 2024 already on track with alarming new trends in extreme heat.
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Greenpeace report tracks measurable progress among China’s top asset managers, but still no net zero targets
A Greenpeace East Asia analysis of CNY 3.06 trillion of equity investments by sixteen leading asset managers (AMs) in China finds that six of them released their environmental disclosure reports and seven AMs disclosed carbon emissions for their funds for the first time in 2023, while CNY 267.2 billion goes to high-carbon sectors, including fossil…
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Response to the reelection of Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda
Pressure on Toyota’s management team has been growing for years because of the company’s insufficient electrification efforts, among other factors.
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Failure to transition to renewables could cost electronics manufacturers up to USD 12 billion by 2030: study
Electronics manufacturers could save billions of US dollars by transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2030, according to a new study by Greenpeace East Asia and the City University of Hong Kong.
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From computer science to the alpine botanical garden
Growing up in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, Haixian studied computer science in the early 2000s, but ended up working at the Shangri-La Alpine Botanical Garden after graduation.
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Transparency is essential for net zero transition: Greenpeace East Asia comment on China corporate sustainability disclosures regulation
China’s Ministry of Finance has released a draft guideline on corporate sustainability disclosures for consultation, and says it aims to create a nationwide system of standards by 2030.
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Imaging a better climate future in China: Greenpeace-hosted climate change forum
This weekend, the first “Duck Knows First” Cultural Festival opened in Hangzhou, China, co-hosted by Greenpeace East Asia and the Hangzhou Ecological Culture Association. The three-day festival invited climate activists...
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Greenpeace East Asia reaction to US-China climate talks
“Amid difficult geopolitics, Liu and Podesta met on a narrow spit of common ground hollowed out by their predecessors. That space to meet now and move forward will prove to be Xie and Kerry’s greatest legacy. This first face-to-face meeting between the two new envoys shows that they don’t take the opportunity lightly."
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Greenpeace Urges the Taiwan Government to Resolve the Garbage Crisis
Misallocation of Budget Has Turned Temporary Storage Sites into Garbage Mountains
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Untapped potential: one in five municipal bonds in China could pursue green bond certification
A Greenpeace East Asia analysis of newly-issued municipal bonds from provincial and municipal governments around China found that nearly one in five had unidentified medium to high potential for issuance as green municipal bonds, reflecting a significant gap in leveraging finance resources to make local infrastructure sustainable and climate-resilient.
