For Asia, which is currently facing the risk of accelerated glacial melt, reducing black carbon is not only part of air pollution control but should also be a key measure for protecting the “water towers of Asia,” safeguarding regional water resources, and enhancing climate resilience.

This study examines China's nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission trends and mitigation potential to 2035 and 2050. Under an ambitious Deep Decarbonization Scenario, China's N₂O emissions could fall by 73% by 2050 (or 51% under a more moderate New Policies Scenario), with the industrial sector delivering the largest share of reductions. Under the new policies scenario, industry could cut N₂O emissions by about 177 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) by 2035 — 76% of China's total — rising to roughly 211 million tonnes by 2050. To unlock this potential, the report sets out three priority pathways: strengthen capacity and technological innovation for industrial N₂O mitigation; align product carbon footprints with green supply chains to turn mitigation into industrial competitiveness; and integrate N₂O mitigation into China's coordinated framework for reducing pollution and carbon emissions.

Given that greenhouse gas emissions reductions remain a long-term endeavor, addressing black carbon—a short-lived climate pollutant—may be an important pathway to linking air pollution control with climate goals and achieving synergistic pollution and carbon reduction efforts.

The Petroleum Business Daily conducted an exclusive interview with Yang Li and Liu Xueye, experts from the Institute for Green Innovation and Development (iGDP), to provide an in-depth analysis of the strategic restructuring and breakthrough strategies for the oil and gas industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

This report examines the low-carbon transition pathways for thermal/heating systems in China's steel industry, reviewing the policy drivers behind decarbonization and analyzing the technological trajectory across near-, medium-, and long-term horizons (2025–2060). It surveys and compares the applicability, economics, and emissions-reduction potential of key technologies—including waste heat recovery, system efficiency improvements, and hydrogen-based metallurgy—through in-depth case studies (HBIS Group's hydrogen metallurgy, Shougang Jingtang's process interface optimization, and Sinosteel/CISP's hydrogen-based smelting reduction, among others). It further identifies the practical barriers to scaling these technologies (high green hydrogen costs, renewable energy intermittency, stranded-asset risk, and weak cross-sector coordination mechanisms), and proposes policy recommendations to accelerate the sector's shift toward integration with renewable energy systems.

China has released a five-year plan dedicated to addressing climate change.