China’s Green Bond Endorsed Project Catalogue and the EU taxonomy

The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities was officially published in June 2020. It is the first official document to define and classify sustainable economic activities across Europe. Six months later, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) published a new edition of the China Green Bond Endorsed Project Catalogue (the Catalogue). This is the first time that all three Chinese regulatory authorities have reached an agreem

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Fit for 55 – Making EU energy policy fit for climate targets

Janusz Wojciechowski, Frans Timmermans, Adina Valean, Ursula von der Leyen, Paolo Gentiloni, Kadri Simson, Virginijus Sinkevicius | Photo credit: European Commission Audiovisual On 14 July 2021, the European Commission adopted the ‘Fit for 55’ package of legislative proposals, aimed at putting the European Union’s economy and society on the right trajectory for a 55% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030. This is arguably the most comprehensive set of proposals the Commission has ever presented on climate and energy, pr

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Invited article: The Carbon Neutrality Global Challenge – In3act Business Strategy Advisory

Following the successful online webinar series "China: Carbon Neutral By 2060 – The Business Opportunities For EU Energy Solutions Providers",ECECP invited In3act Business Strategy Advisory to contribute an article on Carbon Neutrality for the EU China Energy Magazine 2021 Summer Issue. An abridged version will be included in the magazine and below is the unabridged and unedited version. In3act Business Strategy Advisory is a member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Guido G

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CANCELLED Workshop – The role of gas in clean energy transition | 研讨会 – 天然气在清洁能源转型中的作用

I regret to inform you that, due to unexpected conflict of agendas, it was not possible to secure participation of all relevant Chinese stakeholders at the ECECP gas workshop on the role of an open flexible gas market and methane reduction in clean energy transition and, therefore, the workshop is cancelled, to be reprogrammed for a later date. 我很遗憾地通知您,由于议程上的意外冲突,无法确保所有相关的中国利益相关者参加ECECP天然气研讨会,讨论开放灵活的天然气市场和甲烷减排在清洁能源转型中的作用,因此,研讨会被取消,改为稍后举行。 The

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