[Ecology and Environment Week Observation] The United Nations confirmed that the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement and entered into force one year after it entered into force; the Ningde Era filed a third lawsuit against China Innovation Airlines at the beginning of the New Year; Trump’s wind power ban is beginning to show its effectiveness

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• U.S. Democratic lawmakers have publicly questioned the Trump administration’s obstruction of federal funding for clean energy

According to a report released by Reuters on February 1, several U.S. Democratic lawmakers, including Bernie Sanders, recently jointly wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, questioning the relevant agencies ‘freezing of federal appropriations for clean energy and reducing U.S. consumption. Energy costs, saying these actions violate federal law. After Trump took office, he revoked many of the Biden administration’s policies, including clean energy appropriations in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. Reports say this policy shift has resulted in the freezing of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal appropriations, plunged the U.S. energy industry into chaos and sparked public protests. Democratic senators said in the letter that in accordance with U.S. federal laws and regulations, the government has an obligation to provide funds to recipients without evidence that funds have been abused.

• Mexico increases renewable energy generation

According to a report released by PV Magazine, Mexican President Claudia Simbaum recently stated that the country will add 27GW of new power generation between 2025 and 2030, of which renewable energy accounts for a large proportion. The report pointed out that this figure exceeds the target set in the country’s National Electricity Strategy released in November last year. The relevant “Strategy” also stipulated that private companies will invest US$6 billion to US$9 billion in renewable energy in the future. To increase power generation by 6.4 GW to 9.5 GW. According to the latest goals released by Sinbaum, renewable energy investment and power generation targets will continue to increase.

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• The United Nations confirms that the Paris Agreement will enter into force one year after the United States withdraws from treaty

According to Xinhua Agency, UN Secretary-General Spokesperson Diyarik said on January 28 that the United Nations had received an official notice from the United States on January 27 to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. According to Article 28 (2) of the agreement, the withdrawal will take effect on January 27, 2026. According to an article previously published by the GuShiio.com stock market smart APP, the new U.S. President Trump was sworn in at noon on January 20, U.S. Eastern Time, and signed an executive order in the afternoon of that day to withdraw from the Paris Agreement aimed at addressing climate change. In addition, he also revoked more than 10 of the Biden administration’s policies on climate, clean energy and restrictions on fossil fuels, and the United States ‘response to climate change and energy transformation process has once again been repeated.

• The new energy patent war continues to escalate,Ningde timesThree complaints at the beginning of the New YearChina Innovation Airlines

On the evening of January 28, China Innovation Airlines, a leading power battery company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, announced that it had recently received an intellectual property infringement claim filed by Ningde Times on the top cover components and related patents of secondary batteries. The announcement disclosed that Ningde Times not only advocated that China Innovation Airlines immediately stop infringing on patent-related rights (including stopping manufacturing, selling and promising to sell related products), but also advocated that China Innovation Airlines compensate RMB 110 million for economic losses. The compensation is to stop infringement expenses. The reasonable expenses are RMB 1 million. It is reported that since Ningde Times first sued China Innovation Airlines in 2021 and claimed 185 million yuan, the patent litigation between the two parties has continued to escalate. In January this year alone, China Innovation Airlines issued three announcements to disclose the civil lawsuits filed by Ningde Times. The total claimed amount exceeds 260 million yuan.

• Trump’s ban shows its effect,ShellAbandon New Jersey’s large offshore wind farm

According to a report released by the Associated Press on February 1, after the new U.S. President Trump signed an executive order on January 20, requiring a complete cessation of lease sales of offshore wind power and suspending the issuance of approvals, licenses and loans for onshore and offshore wind power projects, oil and gas giant Shell has made a decision to abandon the Atlantic Shores project, a large offshore wind power project off the coast of New Jersey. It is reported that the project was originally planned to provide electricity to 1 million households, enough to meet the electricity needs of one-third of New Jersey households. Shell said that the cancellation of the project was mainly due to factors such as increased competition, project delays and policy changes.

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• Financing of energy storage companies will increase by 5% year-on-year in 2024

According to Mercom Capital Group’s annual report on energy storage and grid financing mergers and acquisitions released on January 27, including venture capital, secondary market financing, and debt financing, the total financing amount of global energy storage companies last year reached US$19.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5%. However, specifically, the total amount of venture capital investment in the energy storage sector dropped from US$9.2 billion to US$3.7 billion, a drop of 60%. Raj Prabhu, CEO of Mercom Capital Group, said that due to elections and the possibility of future policy shifts, the U.S. Energy storage market Uncertainty has increased greatly, and since the fourth quarter of last year, more and more investors have adopted a wait-and-see attitude. He also said that looking to the future, rising inflation, rising interest rates, labor shortages and rising labor costs all pose challenges to the energy storage industry. Considering that the cost of manufacturing parts and components is also rising, coupled with new tariff threats, the situation will become more unpredictable.

• Research shows that Yangtze finless porpoise reserve is not working well

According to a report released by Caixin.com on January 28, relevant research by the Institute of Hydrobiology, China Academy of Sciences showed that the actual results of the Yangtze River Basin finless porpoise reserve were poor. Among the six major finless porpoise reserves in the Yangtze River, except for the newly established Nanjing Reserve in 2014, other reserves have experienced serious population decline and habitat destruction of finless porpoise in the past 20 years, facing serious habitat loss, degradation and human interference problem. In terms of the population of finless porpoise alone, the decline rate in protected areas is even 64.7% faster than that in non-protected areas. Research points out that four of the six reserves currently protecting finless porpoises were originally aimed at protecting the Baiji dolphin. After the functional extinction of the Baiji dolphin, the focus shifted to the finless porpoises, and the two have different requirements for habitat. The requirements are different, and as the environment changes, the species distribution will change, which may reduce the effectiveness of the reserve. The research team also emphasized that in addition to strengthening protected area management, it is also necessary to pay special attention to areas with medium and high finless porpoises outside the protected area. Many of these areas are facing problems such as habitat deterioration and continuous decline in the number of finless porpoises. At the same time, law enforcement and management must also be strengthened. Ability, pay attention to habitat restoration issues, and conduct regular monitoring of finless porpoises.(This article is launchedtoGuShiio.com Stock Market Smart APP, author|Hu Jiameng, editor|Liu Yangxue）