From the outside, China is seen as passing spectacular new renewable energy goals, building massive wind farms and hydropower stations overnight and perhaps one day even giving American and European companies a run for their money in the global green-tech market. But from the inside, what emerges is a more muddled picture. The daily experience is that the air and water quality is bad, in some places getting marginally better or staying the same, in some cases getting worse.

via The Great Paradox of China: Green Energy and Black Skies | Green Business | Reuters.

‘BEIJING Reuters – China might be the world’s biggest generator of carbon credits, but its sclerotic financial sector is still holding the market back, the head of the country’s pioneering CO2 exchange said.’

via China losing out in low-carbon economy bonanza | Green Business | Reuters.

‘SYDNEY Reuters – Australia’s government said on Sunday it would split planned legislation to promote renewable energy from its controversial proposal for carbon trading, giving in to a key demand by the conservative opposition.’

via Australia to split green energy from carbon laws | Green Business | Reuters.

‘BEIJING Reuters – China should set firm targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions so they peak around 2030, a study by some of the nation’s top climate change policy advisers has proposed ahead of contentious talks on a new global warming pact.’

via China study urges greenhouse gas caps, peak in 2030 | Green Business | Reuters.

‘SHANGHAI Reuters – China’s carbon emissions will start to fall by 2050, its top climate change policymaker said, the first time the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases has given a timeframe for a decline, the Financial Times reported Saturday.’

via China says its carbon emissions to fall by 2050: report | Green Business | Reuters.