Recent Carbon Brief articles by Anika Patel
Anika holds a master of laws in international relations from Peking University in China and a BA in Chinese from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London. She has worked for five years as a policy analyst focused on Chinese domestic and foreign policy, most recently as an associate at a US consulting firm.
- Experts: What to expect in China’s climate pledge for 2035
- China Briefing 17 October 2024: China’s electrification to disrupt oil; High-level environment meeting; Aligning China’s population and climate policies
- DeBriefed 11 October 2024: Hurricane Milton; BP abandons oil reduction target; Scotland’s ancient stone circles and climate change
- 深度报道:中国对非洲可再生能源的投资在沉寂两年之后反弹
- Explainer: China’s carbon market to cover steel, aluminium and cement in 2024
- China Briefing 19 September 2024: ETS expansion; Oil demand peak; Back-to-back typhoons
- In-depth: China’s finance for African renewables rebounds after two-year lull
- 国际能源署:热泵可帮助中国减少75%为建筑供暖而产生的碳排放
- China Briefing 8 August 2024: Record extreme weather; First quarterly CO2 fall since Covid; ‘Dual control’ of carbon emissions
- Heat pumps could help cut China’s building CO2 emissions by 75%, says IEA
- China Briefing 25 July 2024: ‘Third plenum’ outcomes; ‘Low-carbon’ coal plants; EU probes wind subsidies
- Q&A: What China’s push for ‘new quality productive forces’ means for climate action
- China Briefing 13 June 2024: EU EV tariffs; Grid buildout; US-China subnational climate cooperation
- China Briefing 30 May 2024: March emissions drop; ‘United’ G7 stance on ‘overcapacity’; Li Shuo on climate finance
- Interview: China’s position on ‘international climate finance’ ahead of COP29
- DeBriefed 24 May 2024: ‘Surprise’ UK election; Oceans court ruling; China and Russia’s fossil-fuel pact
- China Briefing 2 May 2024: Energy Law draft; 3.9% carbon intensity target; Guangdong floods
- China Briefing 4 April 2024: Heat-driven impact on economy; Coal capacity ‘pushed down’; China’s WTO complaint
- Q&A: What does China’s ‘two sessions’ mean for climate policy in 2024?
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Pan Jiahua
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Zou Ji
- DeBriefed 19 January 2024: John Kerry retires; Uncertainty over UK Labour’s pledge; China’s new climate envoy profiled
- Q&A: What does China’s new methane plan mean for its climate goals?
- DeBriefed 27 October 2023: Antarctic ice melt ‘unavoidable’; EV factcheck; China-Russia fossil fuel trade
- Experts: How will the next decade of China’s ‘belt and road initiative’ impact climate action?
- Q&A: How China is using nuclear power to reduce its carbon emissions