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Applied Materials comes to Xi’An - Clean energy R&D finds a home in China

April 7, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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CAP has sent a cohort of their experts into the field to China to study the rapidly expanding Chinese efforts to support clean energy R&D, innovation, manufacturing, and deployment. At one of their first stops on the tour, Julian Wong and Sarah Miller document how and why Applied Materials, a titan of Silicon Valley Innovation, has... [read more]

Has a U.S-China agreement on transparency been reached?

December 18, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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This guest post is by Julian L. Wong, Senior Policy Analyst at CAP. Has a U.S-China agreement on transparency been reached?  Possibly. Today, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao (see full translation of text here) and American President Barack Obama (see full text as delivered here) delivered important statements at a high level session in... [read more]

No Money for China — No Problem

December 10, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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This guest post is by CAP’s Julian L. Wong. The media headlines are screaming “U.S. Won’t Pay China to Cut Emissions” and “US Rules Out Climate Aid to China.” Todd Stern, the U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, made clear in a press conference on Wednesday in Copenhagen that the war chest for the initial fast track funds being... [read more]

Copenhagen Kickoff

December 8, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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This introductory post was written by Julian L. Wong, CAP’s senior policy analyst focusing on Chinese climate and energy issues, and author of the greeleapforward.com. Yesterday marked the first day of the event the world has been waiting for.  Sort of. It has now been known for months that the UN climate conference in Copenhagen... [read more]

New U.S.-India Green Partnership improves prospects for global climate deal

November 25, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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This guest post is by Julian L. Wong, senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress Yesterday, the chances improved for meaningful progress at Copenhagen, the UN conference on climate change that is less than two weeks away. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have signed a series of cooperation... [read more]

A climate wish list on China’s 60th birthday

October 1, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Today’s guest reposting is by CAP’s Julian L. Wong author of “Peaking Duck: Beijing’s Growing Appetite for Climate Action.”  In the photo, Chinese workers prepare decorations ahead of the 60th National Day celebrations in Beijing, China. This week marks the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. The first 30-year... [read more]