Ace Environment News Desk – China has decided not to host COP33, following “months of deliberations”, reports the Guardian. It adds that the reason behind the decision is “unclear” and that other countries considering hosting “include Uzbekistan, South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand” by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian: Published: 13 November 2026, 07:12 GMT

Meanwhile, China and Turkey signed a “preliminary agreement” for China ‌to invest about $15bn to build solar and wind power plants with a total capacity of 7,000 megawatts ⁠in Turkey, reports Reuters. In a meeting with Turkish president Recep Erdogan, Han said China stands ready to work with Turkey to “ensure the success of COP31”, says state news agency China News Service. 

At COP31, Chinese vice-president Han Zheng suggested developed countries should “take the lead” in reducing emissions and “honour climate finance commitments”, reports Singapore-based newspaper Lianhe Zaobao. The full text of his speech is published by state news agency Xinhua. 

Elsewhere, environment minister Huang Runqiu said that China “supports and helps” other developing countries enhance climate governance capacity to the best of its ability, reports Shanghai-based outlet the Paper.

Environment vice-minister Li Gao said China will jointly implement a global south climate action leadership programme with the UNFCCC secretariat. State-supporting newspaper the Global Timessays China’s clean-energy products have won “global praise” at COP31 for driving the low-carbon transition.

In a commentary for the Communist party-affiliated People’s Daily, Chen Danhong, an official at China’s natural resources ministry, wrote that ongoing global warming is contributing to “frequent extreme weather events and natural disasters”, requiring a more resilient “global security shield” against disasters.

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• The NEA called for “new responsibilities” and “new achievements” in building a “new-type energy system” and an “energy powerhouse”, says BJX News.
• China has “suspended export controls” on certain lithium batteries and battery materials from now until early January, reports China Energy Net.
• China is “pushing domestic makers” of gas turbines to “accelerate technology development and target offshore data center projects” in a bid to overturn “western dominance” of the industry, says Bloomberg. 
• China’s clean-energy exports give developing countries “affordable and deployable transition tools”, writes Huzhou Normal University’s Jia Weilie in the Global Times.

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