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  Mountain people are getting a new lease on life thanks to research carried out across the planet.   For the 500 million people who live in the shadows of high mountain peaks, transformative changes at all levels of decision-making must be kick-started to prepare for major shifts in ways of life stemming from the climate emergency and associated social upheavals, according to a new study. ‘It took a long time for policymakers to acknowledge the important role that mountains play in supp...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Export Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) issued its 2020 annual report highlighting EXIMs results and priority initiatives in its mission to support American jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services. EXIM, an independent federal governmental agency, is authorized by Congress until 2026 to maintain $135 billion of credit exposure. Through direct loans, guarantees, c...

The Export Import Bank of the United States EXIM issued its 2020 annual report highlighting EXIM’s results and priority initiatives in its mission to support American jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. goods and services.

The Export Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) issued its 2020 annual report highlighting EXIM’s results and priority initiatives in its mission to support American jobs by...

Shutterstock Close Authorship China’s National People’s Congress meetings, which ended in March, were shrouded in both a real and figurative haze about how strong its climate ambitions really are and how quickly the country can wean itself from its main source of energy — coal. During the Congress, air pollution returned to Beijing with a vengeance, hitting the highest levels since January 2019, as the economy hummed out of the pandemic. Steel, cement and heavy manufacturing, predominantl...

BEIJING (Global Times): Former officials, top scholars and a dozen of young scholars from China and the US had in-depth discussions on how to get China-US relations back on track at a forum held in Beijing on April 10. China-US Young Scholars Forum, co-organised by the Global Times, the Carter Center of the US, and the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding with Peking University, was held online to commemorate 5th anniversary of the forum. The event was also held on the day that ma...

  Players from both sides participate in a China-US Ping-Pong friendly match during a special event in Shanghai, China, April 10, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Input encouraged by Jimmy Carter in stressing US, China must move ahead Former US president Jimmy Carter has called on young scholars in China and the United States to help find ways to enable the countries to stabilize relations that have come under increased strain over recent years. Carter made the comment in a letter of greeting to the F...

File photo of coal being shipped by barge in China. Image courtesy of Rob Loftis under Creative Commons License. Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale E360. It appears here as part of the   collaboration. China’s National People’s Congress meetings, which ended earlier last month, were shrouded in both a real and figurative haze about how strong its climate ambitions really are, and how quickly the country can wean itself from its main source of energy: coal. Duri...

DeSmog Jul 19, 2019 @ 11:08 Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is getting a lot of attention these days, with U.S. producers making major investments in the infrastructure to produce and export LNG to China and the rest of the world for the next several decades. That’s despite LNG looking like a big bet that may not ever pay off.  A common question about the super-chilled, easier-to-ship form of natural gas is whether LNG will become “the next coal.” This is a reference to the U.S. co...

Chinas carbon pledge drives progress By LIA ZHU in San Francisco | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-01 10:01 Aerial photo taken on Aug 19, 2020 shows wind turbines in Jiucaiping scenic spot in Southwest Chinas Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua] 2060 net-zero vow nudges other nations to accelerate climate efforts, experts say Chinas pledge to be carbon neutral by 2060 sets an example for other countries, and its energy policies will play a central role in achieving...