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Climate and Environment

Getting China to engage on climate change

Nis Grünberg
Barbara Pongratz
Opinion
Dec 09, 2022

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Climate and Environment

National security and the climate crisis – China is still not joining the dots

Short analysis
Dec 21, 2022
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Net-zero Europe risks a heavy dependence on China

Alexander Brown
Short analysis
Oct 31, 2022

EU-China climate cooperation + China's new Special Representative for Central and Eastern Europe

Grzegorz Stec
MERICS Briefs
Sep 15, 2022

China’s nascent green hydrogen sector: How policy, research and business are forging a new industry

Alexander Brown
Nis Grünberg
Report
Jun 28, 2022

Climate Club idea needs adjustment if China is to be involved

Barbara Pongratz
Short analysis
May 24, 2022

China's 14th Five-Year Plan: Implications for Germany and Europe (IGBCE)

Alexander Brown
Max J. Zenglein
Gregor Sebastian
External publication
Jan 24, 2022

Green-tech rivalry will complicate US-China climate cooperation

Nis Grünberg
Short analysis
Jan 19, 2022

China’s quick way of going green: cutting production to cut emissions

Alexander Brown
Short analysis
Nov 02, 2021

Carbon neutrality plan + Standard setting + Tech upgrades in IoT industry

Alexander Brown
Gregor Sebastian
MERICS Briefs
Nov 02, 2021

Climate + China’s 50th UN anniversary + Property tax

MERICS Briefs
Oct 28, 2021

EU-China climate policy – balancing cooperation and pressure

Barbara Pongratz
Short analysis
Jul 30, 2021

Germany-China + Strategic Autonomy + Climate cooperation

Ariane Reimers
Grzegorz Stec
Nis Grünberg
François Chimits
Rebecca Arcesati
MERICS Briefs
Apr 28, 2021

Beijing increases pressure on officials and companies to go “green”

Anna Holzmann
Caroline Meinhardt
Gregor Sebastian
MERICS Briefs
Feb 02, 2021

“Greening” China: An analysis of Beijing’s sustainable development strategies

Anna Holzmann
Nis Grünberg
Report
Jan 07, 2021

Fifth Plenum places innovation at the center of China’s modernization

Anna Holzmann
Caroline Meinhardt
MERICS Briefs
Nov 03, 2020

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Alexander Brown on how industrial policy adds momentum to China’s push into hydrogen

Alexander Brown
Video
Jan 17, 2023

Agriculture – China’s forgotten climate threat

Paula Kuls
Opinion
Feb 09, 2021

Global Challenges 2021: Decoupling, climate, connectivity

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Jan 13, 2021
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European carmakers fuel Chinese innovation

Gregor Sebastian
Opinion
Dec 11, 2020

Plamen Tonchev on "greening" the Belt and Road Initiative

Interview
Oct 22, 2020

Nis Grünberg on EU-China climate cooperation: "China looks to the EU for the best solutions"

Video
Sep 18, 2020

China as a major actor in climate policy

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Dec 12, 2019
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The Geopolitics of Green Tech: Europe and China between Cooperation and Competition

Apr. 29, 2021
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MERICS & dena joint strategy meeting: EU and China - together or apart towards better climate protection

Sep. 25, 2020
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