Neil Hirst

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Neil Hirst is a Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Mitigation at the prestigious Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London. His main current activity, funded by the FCO, is a joint project with China’s Energy Research Institute on China and Global Energy Governance.

Neil Hirst

Oct 04 2021

Climate change negotations: let's talk about substance

Illuminem Voices

Environmental Sustainability · Climate Change

At the G20 Environment Ministers’ meeting in July, the G7 pressed for agreement that unabated coal should be phased out by 2025. Some considered the meeting a failure because China and India, amongst others, could not agree. That is all according to Reuters and other reputable sources.

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Cooperation with China on climate change is a rough and controversial road. But we must try.

Neil Hirst

May 17 2021

Cooperation with China on climate change is a rough and controversial road. But we must try.

Environmental Sustainability

The visit of John Kerry to China in April showed how seriously the Biden administration takes the need for cooperation with China on climate change. Both sides agreed to “cooperate in multilateral processes”.

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Neil Hirst

May 17 2021