65/ "Economic policies are climate policies now"
Heavyweight fight between NDRC and Ministry of Environment over authority to shut coal power & heavy industry.
China puts its most powerful government agency in charge of cutting greenhouse gas emissions
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Heavyweight fight between NDRC and Ministry of Environment over authority to shut coal power & heavy industry.
China puts its most powerful government agency in charge of cutting greenhouse gas emissions
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
66/ China launches national emissions-trading program. At a stroke, creating the world’s largest carbon market & doubling the share of global emissions covered. It will have ripple effects in every country. Great WSJ explainer video @shashamimi @ByXiaoXiao wsj.com/articles/china… 
67/ "Chinese nuclear capacity has to grow by 5x (at least) if the 2060 carbon neutrality goal is to be realized
...don't see how that will be done with conventional U-235 fission tech. It will be thorium,or natural uranium,in one of these 4th gen reactors"
...don't see how that will be done with conventional U-235 fission tech. It will be thorium,or natural uranium,in one of these 4th gen reactors"
https://twitter.com/pretentiouswhat/status/1419528716284137477
68/ In 1950s, US Military first developed weather modification tech.
Now “Beijing aims to cover 5.5 million sq. kilometers, or 60% of the country's landmass, with its artificial precipitation program by 2025...one of the largest such projects in history” asia.nikkei.com/Business/Scien…
Now “Beijing aims to cover 5.5 million sq. kilometers, or 60% of the country's landmass, with its artificial precipitation program by 2025...one of the largest such projects in history” asia.nikkei.com/Business/Scien…
69/ Every chart is an abstraction of reality. But is there a bigger gap between lines on a chart & what it implies for the world?
China's 2060 carbon neutrality goal requires the controlled implosion of fossil fuelled civilization economist.com/graphic-detail…
China's 2060 carbon neutrality goal requires the controlled implosion of fossil fuelled civilization economist.com/graphic-detail…
https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1315588472896450562
70/ One Senator from a fossil fuel state held hostage Climate in Biden's $4 trillion investment package.
Imagine how many West Virginias & Joe Manchin's there are in China that we don't know about. Yet.
ht @damienics macropolo.org/analysis/power…
Imagine how many West Virginias & Joe Manchin's there are in China that we don't know about. Yet.
ht @damienics macropolo.org/analysis/power…
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