“China and Climate” tracks and breaks down China’s engagement with climate and energy issues around the world. Major climate and energy stories in December highlighted this month include tech-funding ...

While climate policy in major industrialized democracies is increasingly treated as part of a culture war, China is treating it as an economic strategy. Beijing’s new pledge to cut greenhouse gas ...

The China and Climate primer series tracks and breaks down China’s engagement with climate and energy issues around the world. January coverage focused on a series of bilateral climate agreements, ...

Then-U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and his delegation meet with Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua in Beijing, China, July 17, 2023. Credit: U.S. State Department photo The collapse of climate ...

Europe and China are taking steps to strengthen ties where possible, despite a complicated relationship, as Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president assaults the frameworks that their economies ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

An aerial view of BYD electric vehicles at the Port Terminal of Zarate in Argentina, on Jan. 20, 2026. Senior Correspondent There’s a Chinese expression—zuò shan guan hǔ dòu—which roughly translates ...

The United States has retreated on climate. China, the only superpower at COP30 and the world leader in clean energy, is not filling the void. By Lisa Friedman and Somini Sengupta For evidence of ...