Climate and Environment

Research and Insights

New energy photovoltaic power generation base in Tengger Desert, Zhongwei City, Ningxia, China

Direct renewable power helps China’s industry bypass EU carbon fees

Johanna Krebs

Comment

Mar 04, 2026

A truck is transporting wind turbine components on the road in Xigai County, Guoyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China on January 18, 2026.

China’s new Five-Year Plan upgrades climate objectives while accepting continued role of coal

Johanna Krebs

Comment

Feb 26, 2026

Aerial photo workers inspect equipment at a wind power photovoltaic field in Ulanhot, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia, China, May 23, 2023

Advocate of the Global South, global provider of green tech: China has come to dominate the climate discourse

Johanna Krebs

Comment

Dec 12, 2025

Xie Zhenhua, China special envoy for climate, speaks during a session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

China at COP28 + UAE between US and China + Evergrande reprieve

MERICS China Essentials

Dec 07, 2023

China Representative, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Zhenmin, speaks during a discussion panel in Alliance of Slamm Iceland States (AOSIS) Pavilion during the COP28, UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Dubai Exhibition Center, United Arab Emirates on December 3, 2023.

Climate diplomacy in turbulent times: EU and China re-engage

Barbara Pongratz

Comment

Dec 04, 2023

China and the COP28

Nis Grünberg

Press release

Nov 30, 2023

An aerial view of the Xiaoshan Power Plant in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.

China’s emerging decarbonization toolkit

Barbara Pongratz

Comment

May 16, 2023

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

Alexander Brown

Video

Jan 17, 2023

Nis Grünberg on China’s hydrogen ambitions in the global green technology race

Nis Grünberg

Video

Jan 17, 2023

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

Comment

Dec 21, 2022

Experts on Climate and Environment

Nis Grünberg

Lead Analyst

State-party relations; elite politics; China’s sustainable development

Alexander Brown

Senior Analyst

Industrial policy; foreign economic policy

Johanna Krebs

Analyst

Green tech, green industrial policy, geo-economics, and climate policy

Events

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The Geopolitics of Green Tech: Europe and China between Cooperation and Competition

Apr. 29, 2021

MERICS & dena joint strategy meeting: EU and China - together or apart towards better climate protection

Sep. 25, 2020

Climate and Environment

Research and Insights

Direct renewable power helps China’s industry bypass EU carbon fees

China’s new Five-Year Plan upgrades climate objectives while accepting continued role of coal

Advocate of the Global South, global provider of green tech: China has come to dominate the climate discourse

China at COP28 + UAE between US and China + Evergrande reprieve

Climate diplomacy in turbulent times: EU and China re-engage

China and the COP28

China’s emerging decarbonization toolkit

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

Nis Grünberg on China’s hydrogen ambitions in the global green technology race

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

Experts on Climate and Environment

Nis Grünberg

Alexander Brown

Johanna Krebs

Events

The Geopolitics of Green Tech: Europe and China between Cooperation and Competition

MERICS & dena joint strategy meeting: EU and China - together or apart towards better climate protection

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