What Would Another Trump Presidency Mean for the U.S., China, and the Climate? by @LHongqiao @Kate_K_Logan @BelindaSchaepe @michalmei @coryjcombs @trabru https://t.co/2wQ2LaGRiF

In this week's Shuang Tan newsletter, a former award-winning photojournalist reflects on her experience covering extreme weather’s impact while navigating censorship and budget cuts in China. Read here: https://t.co/hRtpDgoRwu

China flip flops on whether “clean coal” is green. Last month, Chinese regulators suggested “low-carbon coal” technologies could qualify for green finance funding.. good piece by Feng Hu on @LHongqiao ‘s @ChinaShuangTan

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Last year, I spent some time to examine the mitigating opportunities for China’s coal mine methane (CMM) emissions In today’s @ChinaShuangTan newsletter, I shared my thoughts on China’s new policy initiatives aimed at curbing CMM emissions Read it. You will be blown away.🤯🤯

This week, we examined how a *Trump 2.0* scenario would impact the world's two largest carbon emitters' climate action and their three-decade love-hate relationship in addressing climate challenges at home and abroad. 🌟Kudos to our stunning panel🌟 https://t.co/S6KHj9xf92

I've got a lot to say about this anticipated shift but I'd prefer to spend my Friday afternoon at the Olympic stadium instead of decoding another work plan 😒

Don't forget to read my personal take on China's "low-carbon coal" transformation 😉 https://t.co/Tubu7V43Mv

MEE's new move on the CCER methodology might be a changemaker Particularly, the new methodology aims to quantify the avoided emission from low-concentration (<8%) and VAM mitigation projects These projects often require high investment but have very lower economic feasibility

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), then China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER), offered some hope But most methane mitigation projects in the past tackled issues in agriculture or waste: less than 2% of validated CCER projects worked on mitigating CMM emissions

Although many int'l observers believe China can abate most of its CMM emissions cost-effectively with current technologies, companies at home strugge to build a business case for low-concentration gas utilisation Utilisation projects close down once subsidies are gone

An analysis of the fugitive CMM gas in 2015 shows, 6% of the unabated CMM emissions had a 30% CH4 concentration 83% of the unabated gas had less than 1% of CH4 and the remaining falls in between 1% and 30%

China's journey towards CMM utilisation hasn't been quite smooth Since 2006, the country issued three five-year-plans (FYPs) on CMM utilisation, but it turned out to be 15 years of disappointment Hardly any targets were met, let alone over-achieved

China has adopted a "utilisation first" approach toward CMM management That is to say, utilise CMM when you can, and release it when it gets too costly to do anything about it The now-outdated emission standard sets a clear cut: below 30% CH4 concentration, no measures required

CMM accounts for nearly 40% of China's total methane emissions That is ~6x more than the fugitive emissions from the oil and gas industry. The latter has been the focus of methane emission reduction efforts in OECD countries.

At the moment, China – and many climate databases – use GWP(100) to calculate the CO2e of methane emissions However, methane, a short-lived GHG, is most powerful during its first 20-25 years in the atmosphere

Last year, I worked with a major climate thinktank to develop a thorough study on China's coal mine methane (CMM) I was shocked by China CMM's global warming potential Want to guess? GWP(20): China's CMM would be the world’s #3 largest GHG emitter – just after China and the US

China just released a new draft on low-concentration coal mine methane (CMM) utilisation This is part of the methodology update of the China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER), as the country recently relaunched the voluntary carbon market https://t.co/ohP66OM3yg THREAD

A moderate dose of French humour for the Olympic Games😉

China can, for instance, continue its voluntary financial contributions – already among the world’s largest – and offer clean energy technology solutions to help developing countries combat climate change.