China greatly contributes to reducing global carbon emissions: IEA chief

STORY: China greatly contributes to reducing global carbon emissions: IEA chief DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of wind farms and solar farms in China 2. SOUNDBITE (English): FATIH BIROL, IEA executive director 3. various of green development in China STORYLINE: The International Energy Agency (IEA) chief said in an interview with Xinhua that China greatly contributes to reducing global carbon dioxide emissions by playing the important role of being "the leader of clean energy technology globally." He made the remarks at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change being held in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh. SOUNDBITE (English): FATIH BIROL, IEA executive director "The world is going through a major energy crisis. Our work has never ever witnessed an energy crisis of this depth and of this complexity. However, the International Energy Agency's analy

Chinese researchers performing "physical checkup" on Mount Qomolangma glacier

STORY: Chinese researchers performing "physical checkup" on Mount Qomolangma glacier DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese scientific expedition team 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENQIANG, PhD, Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University STORYLINE: Chinese scientific researchers are performing a "physical checkup" of the East Rongbuk glacier at 6,350 meters above sea level on Mount Qomolangma. The checkup will provide first-hand data for the study of glacier changes on Qomolangma, ranging from visible glacier changes to high precision 3D laser scanning at the millimeter level, as well as more microscopic scientific observations. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENQIANG, PhD, Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University "We will collect ice and snow samples of the East Rongbuk glacier, as well as soil samples and runoff samples along the way. We will take these samples back to analy