Nearly 200 countries attending the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, agreed on a global climate deal on Saturday, following last-minute changes pushed by China and India that watered down language about use of coal power. After two weeks of talks, the 197 nations did not veto last-minute changes to revise the final text of the deal, named…

Nearly 200 countries attending the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, agreed on a global climate deal on Nov. 13, following last-minute changes pushed by China and India that watered down language about the use of coal power. After two weeks of talks, the 197 nations didn’t veto last-minute changes to revise the final text of the…

In this special episode, we sat down with Gregory Copley, president at the International Strategic Studies Association. He touches on the COP26 climate summit, the mixed messages coming out of China, and what it means going forward. Copley said “the reality is that [Xi Jinping] did not want also to go to Glasgow because it would…

President Joe Biden met with other world leaders at the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and in spite of their goals to limit the world’s temperature change within 1.5 degrees Celsius, China and Russia did not attend and made no such promises. Is climate change the world’s newest religion? Hosted by the…

Commentary China’s refusal to fully cooperate in fighting climate change could indicate that it is hiding the true state of its economy. In Glasgow, where the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is currently taking place from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, China’s behavior and its lack of transparency shows that Beijing cannot be trusted….

Beijing has promised to go carbon neutral by 2060. But many are questioning whether the reality of its energy production will allow it to live up to that vow. A Chinese giant narrowly escapes, again. Debt-trapped real estate developer Evergrande managed to dodge default with a last-minute bond payment. But the move hasn’t eased concern….

The world’s two largest emitters of carbon dioxide on Nov. 10 pledged to work together in tackling climate change as global leaders wrap up the two-week COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The framework, unveiled by U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua two days before the conferences comes to a close,…

Chris Wright, CEO of the frac firm Liberty Oilfield Services, dislikes the term “climate denier.” The label is both pejorative and, in Wright’s case, inaccurate. “Climate change is a real thing,” Wright told The Epoch Times in a conversation at the National Conservatism Conference II. “Humans have increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” Much of…

Commentary China is not like other countries. Its model, under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is to expand its power and control both vertically and horizontally—that is, in both territorial space and the control of the individual’s actions within that space. This requires maximizing Beijing’s control relative to other countries, including through negotiations over climate…

Drastically lowered solar costs will be a new priority under the Australian government’s plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The federal government has underpinned Australia’s path to net zero via its Technology Investment Roadmap, which will now feature low cost solar amongst carbon capture and storage (CCS), soil carbon, hydrogen, energy storage, and…