China is much stronger on climate action than western media asserts

From renewables to reforestation to electrification China is outstripping the world

Michael Barnard
Nov 4 · 6 min read

A friend and on-and-off collaborator on IPOs and technical innovation initiatives returned recently from a month in Beijing, where he was applying machine learning against video to speed training in sports. He’s a walker, so he covered up to 20 kilometers a day on the streets of the city. He made two observations that rung true for me, as someone who has been paying attention to…

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Michael Barnard

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Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy Inc. Business and technical future-proofing. Top Writer Quora since 2013. CleanTechnica, Forbes, Quartz+ more. In 4 books.

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