A big drop in China's highest-emitting industries in December with coal and gas-fired power down 3%, steel output 10% and cement output 7%, closing down 1%, 4% and 7% for the year. Clean power generation grew fast enough to cover all demand growth and push fossil generation down.

❗️Official: China national ETS will expand to three industry sectors in 2025: Steel, Cement and Aluminum #CBAM ...with compliance for 2024 emissions by the end of this year. But it's soft start, and each enterprise's 2024 allocation = 2024 emissions, no financial costs/only reporting

Stas når digre MSN.com plukker så å si hele saken jeg og kollegene mine @goerild.bsky.social og Iselin lagde om Kinas globale dominans på kritiske mineraler :D www.msn.com/en-us/money/... Det var et inspirerende første møte med pressemeldingstjenesten Alpha Galileo.

🚨❄️ Great news! Major grant to FNI! ❄️🚨 FNI has secured funding for a major new project on critical minerals in the Arctic! Thanks to NordForsk for the support – we’re excited to get started with amazing partners. Read more here: www.fni.no/news/fni-sec... @goerild.bsky.social

China's major political event "Two Sessions" ended this week. Our global policy advisor Yao Zhe told @carbonbrief.org that its target of reducing energy intensity by 3% per unit of GDP means it's “on track to miss its 14th five-year plan energy intensity target”. www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...

🎥❄️ New Arctic Frontiers Unpacked episode! FNI’s Serafima Andreeva leads a conversation with China expert and FNI research professor Gørild Heggelund on China in the Arctic - its role, ambitions, and policies. @serafimaa.bsky.social @goerild.bsky.social @arcticfrontiers.bsky.social

🔎🌍 The EU and China are stepping up efforts to secure critical raw materials, with the Arctic ❄️ in a growing role. New FNI article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Geopolitics #Arctic #CriticalMinerals #EU ⛏️⚡🔋 @goerild.bsky.social #norskforsk

China's dominance in critical minerals is shaping the global green transition—but at what cost? FNI's @goerild.bsky.social and Iselin Stensdal answers. www.msn.com/en-us/money/... China's rare earth dominance: A strategic advantage with global implications.

🛠️New FNI Policy Brief: China dominates the global critical minerals supply chain, posing challenges for the green transition & defense industry. How are the US, EU & Norway responding? Read more 👇📄 www.fni.no/publications... @arcticfrontiers.bsky.social @goerild.bsky.social #CriticalMinerals

Link: data.ncsc.org.cn/factoryes/in...

Er du interessert i Grønland fordi en påtroppende president er det? Kollegene mine har vært smått hyperaktive denne uka, og forsynt norske medier med kommentarer og analyser oppad vegger og nedad stolper (som sjefen ville sagt). Jeg har oppsummert her. www.fni.no/nyheter/fni-... #Trump #Arktis