In December 2015, nearly 200 countries reached a historic agreement in Paris to limit greenhouse gas emissions in hopes of curbing global warming.

Recent extreme weather events have further raised global awareness of climate and environmental issues, concerns that will top the agenda at COP27 and other upcoming climate summits.

A national carbon trade program has been a hot topic as soon as China decided to launch it in 2016.

Climate change has become a key concern for China in recent years, as evidenced by its pledge to reduce carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 60% from 2015 levels by 2030.

The pilot schemes have seen a relatively high level of compliance by emitters.

China's climate change objectives under the Paris Agreement will require it to invest a massive amount of capital into growing its domestic renewable energy generation, as well as invest in other emissions-reducing efforts.

At the end of September, China's top leadership announced the goal for the industrial and economic giant to become carbon neutral by 2060. As governments, corporations and individual consumers

In our blog post on 13 May 2021, we discussed the consultation papers published by the China Securities Regulatory Commission ("CSRC")...

NGOs and ESG are two hot topics these days. An NGO refers to a non-governmental organization. In 2017, China promulgated the Law on Administration of Domestic Activities of Overseas NGOs in China...

Introducing transition plan disclosures under IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards

The ESG disclosure standard was developed in collaboration with Chinese insurer Ping An, China Mobile, Ant Group and several other companies.

On April 30, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) issued the first draft of the Ecological and Environmental Code (the Draft Code) for public comment.

The Chinese economy has entered a critical pefriod of structural transformation and is also confronted with a series of medium-to-long-term challenges...

While there is some uncertainty on how the U.S. climate strategy will evolve under a Trump presidency, a number of new carbon emissions regulations and control strategies...

On September 22, 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in his speech to the UN General Assembly that China's carbon emissions would peak before 2030 and the country would become...

Negotiations at COP 27 spilled over into the weekend and finished more than 36 hours later than expected. Whilst agreement was met on many key issues, there were multiple points that remained contentious.

In the past, irresponsible industries sought out partnerships with Asian countries in order to avoid environmental regulations.

In this era of economic globalization, American companies are increasingly looking to overseas markets for manufacturing and export opportunities.

The Chinese government is taking measures to reduce energy intensity by 16% and to reduce carbon intensity by 17%.

2022年6月23日，美国专利商标局 (USPTO) 在《联邦公报》上发布公告，宣布气候变化减缓试点计划。