Recent Carbon Brief articles by Wanyuan Song

Wanyuan holds a MA in East Asia politics (Japanese studies) from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, and BA in media and sociology from University of Leicester. She worked as China specialist for BBC News, covering China and East Asia for the past five years.

• China Briefing 27 June 2024: Extreme weather; New talks on EV tariffs; Coal power decline
• China Briefing 16 May 2024: Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs; State media pushback; Xi’s Europe trip
• Interview: China’s renewables ‘pave the way to rapidly reduce coal reliance’
• China Briefing 18 April 2024: Clean-tech ‘overcapacity’; New coal construction; Interview with China Photovoltaic Industry Association 
• DeBriefed 12 April 2024: ‘Historic’ European court victory; Climate migration explained; K-pop and climate change
• China Briefing 21 March: New ‘trade-in’ policy; China ETS expands; ‘Two sessions’ geopolitical impact
• Q&A: How is climate change affecting China’s cropland?
• DeBriefed 21 July 2023: Earth ‘set’ for hottest year; John Kerry in China; UK’s ‘weak’ climate plan