Environment China

By Beijing Energy Network

What's Environment China about?

Environment China is a bilingual podcast from the Beijing Energy Network. The show features conversations with advocates, entrepreneurs, and experts working in the environmental field in China.

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Environment China episodes:

05.28.2024
Young Professionals in Sustainability - UB Qiu (in Chinese)
In the latest episode of Environment China's podcast series on Young Professionals in Sustainability, we speak to UB Qiu. UB is a sustainability professional with diverse, international, cross-sector experiences, including in ESG consulting, in-house corporate sustainability, partnership development at a...
05.09.2024
Young Professionals in Sustainability: Ruixin Li (in Chinese)
In the latest episode of Environment China's podcast, we speak to Ruixin Li as part of our Young Professionals in Sustainability series. Ruixin currently works as the lead climate specialist at ICF International Consulting (Beijing). He has eight years of...
04.28.2024
Energy and AI: with Anders Hove of BEN and OIES
Today, we have a special cross-over episode with the podcast called Preparing for AI, which is hosted by Matt Cartwright and Jimmy Rhodes. The guest for this episode is Anders Hove, long-time host of the Environment China podcast, and...
04.07.2024
Young Professionals in Sustainability - Zhinan Chen, RMI (in Chinese)
In the latest episode of Environment China's podcast, we speak to Zhinan Chen as part of our Young Professionals in Sustainability series. Zhinan is a senior associate with Rocky Mountain Institute's India Program, based in Oakland, California, United States. She collaborates with national...
02.14.2024
Corporate climate disclosure in China - with Erica Downs, Ned Downie, and Yushan Lou
Today's episode looks at the complex topic of corporate climate disclosures. Our guests today are Erica Downs, Ned Downie, and Lou Yushan. They are the authors of a recent report, published by the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy...
01.22.2024
Micromobility and sustainability: A day in the life of a bike-sharing scholar - with Wen Yi [in Chinese]
In the latest episode of Environment China's podcast, we speak to Wen Yi as part of our Young Professionals in Sustainability series. Wen Yi is a doctoral graduate in Transportation Engineering from the University of Tennessee in the United States...
11.16.2023
Emergency Podcast! Sunnylands Declaration and COP28 - with Li Shuo
This is an emergency podcast about the Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis, which was released just a day ago. Top US and China climate negotiators Xie Zhenhua and John Kerry have held...
11.15.2023
Young Professionals in Sustainability - with Qiwen Cui of Dialogue Earth [in Chinese]
In the latest episode of Environment China’s Young Professionals in Sustainability Series, we talk with Qiwen Cui, the China editor at China Dialogue, which in 2024 will launch its new flagship website called Dialogue Earth. Qiwen has worked in various...
10.30.2023
Coal is back – with Sam Clissold of Carbon Tracker
Coal in China is seeing a multi-year resurgence after years in which the government seemed ready to dial back and ultimately halt coal power construction. Indeed, just months after the 2020 announcement by Xi Jinping on carbon peaking and...
10.15.2023
"Greener than Ever"? The BRI turns 10! - with Christoph Nedopil-Wang
The Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) has reached the ripe old age of 10 this month. Those 10 years have seen a lot of change, including on topics like the relative focus on clean energy versus fossil fuels and the interest...
09.20.2023
Marine plastics with Liu Xiao (Women in Sustainability) [Chinese]
In this episode of our Women in Sustainability series, we are speaking again with Dr Liu Xiao about marine waste and the broader topic of waste and recycling in general. We talk with Dr Liu about a typical day at...
09.07.2023
The evolution of China’s climate diplomacy – with Taylah Bland
In this episode of our Women in Sustainability series, we are talking about the evolution and underpinnings of China's climate diplomacy. Our guest is Taylah Bland, Schwarzman Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. She specializes...
08.28.2023
Do China's EVs really reduce emissions and improve air quality? - with Zhang Shaojun
Today's episode looks at the topic of electric vehicles and their impact on both carbon emissions and urban air quality. China has the world’s largest market for electric vehicles, and it is the largest maker of lithium-ion batteries for...
08.21.2023
Sustainable forestry and the role of China – with Beibei Yin
Today's podcast looks at the topic of sustainable forestry and the role of China, particularly at the role of Chinese banks. Our guest is Beibei Yin, who researches the intersection of China’s policies on forestry practices abroad and policies...
08.14.2023
Breaking: Analysis of China's August Green Certificate Policy - with Anders Hove
Last week, China came out with a dramatic new policy on green certificates, radically reforming what had been a sleepy aspect of the clean energy transition in China. We don't usually do breaking news here on Environment China, but it...
08.10.2023
Young Professionals in Sustainability - with Minjie Lu, S&P Global [Chinese]
In this latest installment in our Young Professionals in Sustainability series, we talk with Minjie LU, Energy Advisory Consultant at S&P; Global Commodity Insights consulting group. He has six years of experience in the energy industry. His technical expertise includes...
07.28.2023
Does China's carbon neutrality need a paradigm shift or just steady progress? - with Chunping Xie of the Grantham Institute
In this episode of our Women in Sustainability series, we’re talking with the Grantham Institute's Chunping Xie, looking at the topic of China’s carbon neutrality from a wider economic perspective. Specifically, we discuss a paper published earlier this year...
07.18.2023
[Chinese episode] Carbon circles and climate finance - Women in Sustainability Series with with Yuan Lin of AIIB
In this latest installment of our Women in Sustainability series, we talk with Yuan LIN, Senior Specialist in Institutional Carbon Management at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). She works closely with climate initiatives toward the Bank’s green mission as embraced in...
07.09.2023
Tackling China's Emissions of HFCs - with Prof Hu Jianxin
Today we will be talking about China’s efforts to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCS), a class of refrigerant with huge impacts on the climate. Our guest today is an expert on the topic, Prof Hu Jianxin. Professor Hu holds bachelor's...
06.27.2023
Why are China's carbon emissions still rising - with Qin Qi of CREA
In this episode, we talk about China’s carbon emissions and go in for a detailed mid-2023 update, thanks to the data compiled from various Chinese statistical sources by the analysts at CREA, the Centre for Research on Energy and...
06.16.2023
Renewable Pathways for China – with Michael Davidson and Zhang Zhenhua
Today, we’re coming back to the power sector to discuss a new report about the pathways for scaling up renewables as China pursues its policy to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2060. The...
06.05.2023
[Chinese] Carbon markets and carbon asset management at Adelphi - with Chen Zhibin
In this latest instalment in our Young People in Sustainability series, we talk with with Chen Zhibin, senior manager at Adelphi and ICAP, the International Carbon Action Partnership. Zhibin has also engaged in carbon market policy research and corporate carbon...
05.16.2023
[Chinese] The Beijing Energy Network swap market - with Nina Ning
Starting from 2020, Beijing Energy Network has held an offline second-hand swap market in Beijing every quarter. In the fifth podcast of our Sustainability Professionals series, Joyce discusses the BEN swap market with Nina Ning, senior researcher at the Global...
05.02.2023
Can China's Hydrogen Pilot Cities Help the Low-Carbon Transition? - with Arabella Miller-Wang
In today's episode we’re talking about hydrogen development in China, and its potential – or not – for helping with the country’s dual carbon goals: carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Our guest is Arabella Miller-Wang, recently an Aramco fellow at...
04.24.2023
[Chinese] Sustainable Energy Professionals: Vestas - with Lai Shengling
Building on our 2022 series of Beijing Energy Network roundtables on young professionals in the field of sustainability and sustainable energy, Environment China has been interviewing various sustainable energy young professionals about their experiences and outlooks. In this episode of...
04.06.2023
[Chinese] Women in Sustainability: Yang Yifan of Oatly
In the third episode of our Women in Sustainability podcast series, we speak to Yang Yifan, the sustainability manager of Oatly. Yang Yifan is concerned about the sustainable development of Oatly's entire value chain in the Asia-Pacific region, meaning she...
03.20.2023
Can China's SOE's lead the low-carbon transition? - with Erlend Ek of China Policy
Today, we’re talking about China’s low-carbon energy transition and the unique role of State Owned Enterprises, or SOEs. Our guest is Erlend Ek, Lead Analyst for Energy at China Policy. From 2018-2022 Erlend served as advisor for...
03.06.2023
China’s food system and climate change - with Sally Qiu and David Sandalow
In this episode, we’re continuing on the theme of food sustainability, this time looking at the huge topic of the food system and climate change. It’s a topic that gets a lot less attention than emissions from industry and...
02.20.2023
Sustainable Finance for Seafood – with Qianming (Alice) Chen
Today, we’re speaking about the topic of sustainable fishing, and especially the role of finance, with Alice Chen. Qianming (Alice) Chen is a researcher at the International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing. She...
12.19.2022
International lessons for Shanxi province’s coal transition
In today’s episode, we are looking at Shanxi province, known as the country’s most coal-intensive provincial economy. Over the past several years, various research cooperation efforts have looked at how Shanxi could transition away from its heavy emphasis on coal,...
12.02.2022
The Guide to Chinese Climate Policy - with David Sandalow and Michal Meidan
Today, we're discussing the newly released Guide to Chinese Climate Policy, published by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. The book is available for free download at https://chineseclimatepolicy.oxfordenergy.org/. We are welcoming two past guests back onto the podcast: David Sandalow...
11.04.2022
The role of markets in China's energy security challenge - with Yuan Jiahai
Today, we’re coming back to the topic of China’s power system, the recent power outages in Sichuan, and the role of flexibility. Our guest today is Professor Yuan Jiahai of North China Electric Power University. Professor Yuan a Professor of...
10.15.2022
Evolution of China's Green Power Markets - with Sharon Feng
Today, we’re talking about China’s evolving market for green energy and renewable power purchases, with Sharon Feng, at Director of Advisory Services and Research at Azure International. Sharon is an expert in China’s power markets, including renewables, energy storage, power...
09.24.2022
China’s power shortages and solutions - with Xi Xi of iGDP
Today, we’re going back to the hot topic of the past two years, namely the energy transition away from coal and how it relates to energy security concerns, especially the recent power outages that have affected parts of the country....
07.23.2022
Rethinking plastics and marine litter - with Liu Xiao
Today, we’re going to discuss the huge problem of marine plastics. Millions of tons of pastic waste enter the world’s oceans every year, and according to the UN Environmental Programme, 85% of marine litter is plastic. Plastic in the ocean...
07.09.2022
Women in Sustainability Ep 2 - with Si Qing, co-founder of Eco Buyer (Chinese episode)
可持续女性系列第二期 - Eco Buyer创始人思晴实在是听过到太多次"环保和可持续圈还是女生多”（也确实是事实），我们萌生了一个想法：那为什么不干脆做一系列在"可持续议题工作的女性”播客，一起来聊一聊她们独特又好玩的经历和故事，探一探她们所在行业的新鲜事呢？第二期播客系列我们邀请到了”一棵Eco Buyer“的联合创始人思晴。Eco buyer是一家关心身体健康、动物福祉和地球环境的纯素、纯净美妆和植物基美食的集合店。店里只提供和推荐不含动物成分、不做动物测试的可持续纯素产品。我们在节目中将探讨： Eco Buyer的成立契机两位创始人的日常赛道转型：专攻纯素化妆品和植物基美食 Eco Buyer到底是怎么赚钱的节目的最后，两位主播和嘉宾将共同探讨作为”可持续资深人士“的糟心瞬间和怨念；以及作为三档不同播客的主理人她们的播客制作经验分享。赶紧收听吧！ You've likely heard there are more and more women in environmental and sustainability circles, which is indeed the case! This is...
06.27.2022
Green finance on the Belt and Road – with Christoph Nedopil-Wang
In this episode, we discuss the important topic of green finance in China, especially as it relates to China’s investments abroad on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Our guest today is Christoph Nedopil-Wang, Associate Professor and Director of the...
05.08.2022
Certifying China: Seafood, palm oil, and tea standards - with Sun Yixian
Today, we’re looking at the topic of environmental standards for different industries in China, and in particular talking to Prof. Yixian Sun of the University of Bath in the U.K. about the findings of his new book published by MIT...
04.30.2022
Phasing Out Coal Power in China
Today, we’re looking at the issue of phasing out coal power in China, looking at a report issued recently by scholars at the University of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability and the California-China Climate Initiative at UC Berkeley. Our guest...
03.29.2022
Chinese women working in sustainability - with Si Jialing and Zhang Miao
In today's Chinese language Environment China podcast episode, we turn to the topic of women working in environmental and sustainability fields. We join two professionals to talk about their unique and interesting experiences and stories, and explore what's new in...
03.18.2022
Energy security and clean energy in 2022 - with Liu Yujing and Caroline Zhu
In today's episode of Environment China, we bring you up to date on recent climate and energy developments in China, especially how the renewed quest for energy security affects clean energy and carbon goals. We also address how coal price...
01.26.2022
Solar supply chain Q&A with Andy Klump
Today we’re speaking to Andy Klump, the CEO and Founder of Clean Energy Associates, a company that provides services in the field of solar PV and battery storage quality assurance, supply chain management, and engineering. He founded the company in...
01.14.2022
Data Center Flexibility and Renewables - with Zhang Sufang, Ye Ruiqi, and Katerina Simou
In today's episode of Environment China, host Anders Hove hosts a special, work-related talk with Ye Ruiqi (Angel) of Greenpeace East Asia, Prof Zhang Sufang of North China Electric Power University, and Katerina Simou of the German Energy Agency (dena)...
12.21.2021
Year in Review: The BEN team reflects on 2021
Today, for the BEN 2021 Year-in-Review Podcast, the core Beijing Energy Network team discusses the most exciting events and learnings from 2021. The Beijing Gang includes Alice, Cale, Cecilia, Florent, Hailey, Helena, Joyce, Li, Nick, Nina, Richard, Sally, and Xi...
12.13.2021
China’s booming EV market - with Tu Le and James Gao
By popular request, the podcast turns to the topic of electric vehicles and trying to look at this from a market perspective instead of a policy perspective, and really examine how the market works and how it breaks down in...
12.04.2021
Upcoming Environment China LIVE podcast on Twitter Spaces - on the China EV market!
https://twitter.com/derznovich Access our Live event on the link above!! Just a short teaser to tell you about an experiment we are planning to try on Monday morning BJ time, Sunday night U.S. time. Joyce and I will be hosting a...
11.28.2021
Feeling Our Oats - with Jinqi Yu (Ellen Macarthur Foundation) and Yifan Yang (Oatly)
The food industry has a major ecological and climate impact. A wide variety of efforts are underway to reduce that impact, including regenerative ‘agriculture, development and promotion of new or existing plant-based foods, and organic agriculture. In the EU and...
11.23.2021
A review of the Climate COP26 in Glasgow: Glass Half Full? - with Li Shuo
Today we are back talking about global climate policy with Li Shuo of Greenpeace East Asia. The COP26 or Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change just wrapped up a bit more than a week...
11.06.2021
Episode 100 - Beer, Speedos, and the future of climate & energy
Today’s episode is a very special episode for us, as we’re honored to have three founding members of Beijing Energy Network, Brendan Acord, Jason Lee, and Julian Wong, with us to celebrate our approximately 100th episode at Environment China. The...
10.29.2021
Updates on Biodiversity and Climate COPs - with Li Shuo and Christoph Nedopil-Wang
This year has been packed with China environmental and climate news, and there’s no way this podcast could keep up. But today we’re going to try! Our guests today are Li Shuo of Greenpeace East Asia and Christoph Nedopil-Wang of...

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Environment China episodes:

Young Professionals in Sustainability - UB Qiu (in Chinese)

Young Professionals in Sustainability: Ruixin Li (in Chinese)

Energy and AI: with Anders Hove of BEN and OIES

Young Professionals in Sustainability - Zhinan Chen, RMI (in Chinese)

Corporate climate disclosure in China - with Erica Downs, Ned Downie, and Yushan Lou

Micromobility and sustainability: A day in the life of a bike-sharing scholar - with Wen Yi [in Chinese]

Emergency Podcast! Sunnylands Declaration and COP28 - with Li Shuo

Young Professionals in Sustainability - with Qiwen Cui of Dialogue Earth [in Chinese]

Coal is back – with Sam Clissold of Carbon Tracker

"Greener than Ever"? The BRI turns 10! - with Christoph Nedopil-Wang

Marine plastics with Liu Xiao (Women in Sustainability) [Chinese]

The evolution of China’s climate diplomacy – with Taylah Bland

Do China's EVs really reduce emissions and improve air quality? - with Zhang Shaojun

Sustainable forestry and the role of China – with Beibei Yin

Breaking: Analysis of China's August Green Certificate Policy - with Anders Hove

Young Professionals in Sustainability - with Minjie Lu, S&P Global [Chinese]

Does China's carbon neutrality need a paradigm shift or just steady progress? - with Chunping Xie of the Grantham Institute

[Chinese episode] Carbon circles and climate finance - Women in Sustainability Series with with Yuan Lin of AIIB

Tackling China's Emissions of HFCs - with Prof Hu Jianxin

Why are China's carbon emissions still rising - with Qin Qi of CREA

Renewable Pathways for China – with Michael Davidson and Zhang Zhenhua

[Chinese] Carbon markets and carbon asset management at Adelphi - with Chen Zhibin

[Chinese] The Beijing Energy Network swap market - with Nina Ning

Can China's Hydrogen Pilot Cities Help the Low-Carbon Transition? - with Arabella Miller-Wang

[Chinese] Sustainable Energy Professionals: Vestas - with Lai Shengling

[Chinese] Women in Sustainability: Yang Yifan of Oatly

Can China's SOE's lead the low-carbon transition? - with Erlend Ek of China Policy

China’s food system and climate change - with Sally Qiu and David Sandalow

Sustainable Finance for Seafood – with Qianming (Alice) Chen

International lessons for Shanxi province’s coal transition

The Guide to Chinese Climate Policy - with David Sandalow and Michal Meidan

The role of markets in China's energy security challenge - with Yuan Jiahai

Evolution of China's Green Power Markets - with Sharon Feng

China’s power shortages and solutions - with Xi Xi of iGDP

Rethinking plastics and marine litter - with Liu Xiao

Women in Sustainability Ep 2 - with Si Qing, co-founder of Eco Buyer (Chinese episode)

Green finance on the Belt and Road – with Christoph Nedopil-Wang

Certifying China: Seafood, palm oil, and tea standards - with Sun Yixian

Phasing Out Coal Power in China

Chinese women working in sustainability - with Si Jialing and Zhang Miao

Energy security and clean energy in 2022 - with Liu Yujing and Caroline Zhu

Solar supply chain Q&A with Andy Klump

Data Center Flexibility and Renewables - with Zhang Sufang, Ye Ruiqi, and Katerina Simou

Year in Review: The BEN team reflects on 2021

China’s booming EV market - with Tu Le and James Gao

Upcoming Environment China LIVE podcast on Twitter Spaces - on the China EV market!

Feeling Our Oats - with Jinqi Yu (Ellen Macarthur Foundation) and Yifan Yang (Oatly)

A review of the Climate COP26 in Glasgow: Glass Half Full? - with Li Shuo

Episode 100 - Beer, Speedos, and the future of climate & energy

Updates on Biodiversity and Climate COPs - with Li Shuo and Christoph Nedopil-Wang

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