TOBIAS ELLWOOD: China s balloon over Montana should prompt another pivotal moment in history: a realisation that a China/Russia axis is looking ever more likely.
Verslo žinios Publikuota: 2021-07-01 07:18 Kinijos lyderis Xi Jinpingas mojuoja iš tribūnos, kurią puošia milžiniškas Mao Zedongo portretas per Komunistų partijos 100-osioms metinėms skirtas iškilmes Tiananmenio aikštėje. Ng Han Guan (AP/„Scanpix“) nuotr.
Kinijos prezidentas Xi Jinpingas ketvirtadienį šlovino šalies gyventojų sukurtą „naują pasaulį“, Kinijos komunistų partijai minint jos įkūrimo šimtmetį.
Valandą trukusiame per televiziją transliuotame kreipimesi iš Tiananmenio aikštės, Xi Jinpingas žadėjo stiprinti Kinijos kariuomenę, kalbėjo apie įsipareigojimus dėl „susijungimo“ su Taivanu, išlaikyti Honkongo ir Makau autonomijas.
„Kinijos gyventojai ne tik sugebėjo sunaikinti senąjį pasaulį, bet ir sukūrė naują pasaulį“, sakė galingiausias Kinijos lyderis Xi Jinpingas nuo Mao Zedongo laikų.
The European Union has never had a coordinated strategy to ditch coal – and that shows in the mismatch between regions and countries, as illustrated this week with the dispute between Poland and Czechia over the Turów coal mine.
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Of all the objectives in the European Green Deal, presented in December 2019, the “Zero Pollution Action Plan” immediately jumped out as the one policymakers were likely to struggle with the most.
“Creating a toxic-free environment” with zero air, water and soil pollution is something hardly anyone can disagree with. Yet the objective has been treated with little urgency by the European Commission, which presented its “action plan” on 12 May – one of the last in the series of major policy initiatives launched under the Green Deal.
The past two weeks in Germany have shown how quickly political winds can turn.
On 29 April, Germany’s top constitutional court in Karlsruhe ruled that the country’s climate protection law infringed upon the rights of the nation’s youth. The law, which aimed to cut emissions by 55% by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2050, was considered too vague by the judges, who gave legislators until the end of 2022 to fix it.
The case – previously only of interest to legal scholars and climate activists until the ruling was announced – created a political whirlwind.
On 5 May, the federal government followed up. Taking observers by surprise, senior cabinet members announced plans to aim for climate neutrality by 2045 instead of 2050 and cut emissions by 65% before the end of this decade.