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Rio and China's global futurechinadialogue.net | 14 Jun 2012Our abject failures since the last Rio summit are no surprise given the binds of global politics, writes Zheng Yisheng. For real change, we need a new, cooperative world, and China is key to building it.We have a common predicament, and solving it requires humanity to work together. But state...
China "Not humanity's last chance"chinadialogue.net | 13 Jun 2012Despair is in the air ahead of next week’s Earth Summit as consensus proves elusive. But even the best of outcomes would only be the start – the real work comes later, argue Yang Fangyi and Nala Songtai.When the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm in...
China The diplomacy of air pollutionchinadialogue.net | 11 Jun 2012Chinese censure of US embassy Twitter data on air quality may be techically sound, but it's not the way to regain public confidence, writes Zhou Rong.On June 5, World Environment Day, China’s environment ministry published its annual “state of the environment” report as...
China China's carbon market challengechinadialogue.net | 21 May 2012The decision to set up seven emissions-trading pilots sent media into a tizzy about Chinese climate policy. But Wang Tao has other concerns: from accurate data to a stable carbon price, there are tests ahead.China’s three main carbon markets – the Beijing Environment Exchange, Shanghai...
China Trading places?chinadialogue.net | 17 May 2012Europe’s emissions trading scheme is no longer the only game in town. A new report considers the challenge posed by China’s carbon market pilots, writes Rob Elsworth.The European Union (EU) has long seen itself in the vanguard of action on climate change. At the centre of its climate...
China Europe can do betterchinadialogue.net | 16 May 2012The EU-China relationship on climate change should be deeper. But is the obstacle Europe’s inability to “speak with one voice”, or a failure to fully understand Chinese climate change politics? Diarmuid Torney explains.Since 2005, the European Union and China have sought to...
China After Kyoto, a new economics?chinadialogue.net | 09 May 2012In the results of a survey out today, 800 sustainability experts from around the world have a clear message for governments: make greenhouse gases more expensive. Jeff Erikson explains.At the end of this year, the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will expire. That’s not because...
China Qingdao's new heroinechinadialogue.net | 30 Apr 2012An entertainment reporter in the Chinese coastal city has leapt to national fame after probing officials over a murky tree-planting programme. Chen Qian’er met her.Chinese civil society has a new golden girl. Pan Qi, 27, has made a name for herself in her home city of Qingdao – and...
China "The world's most important story"chinadialogue.net | 17 Apr 2012Guardian environment reporter Jonathan Watts has spent nine years in China covering everything from pollution protests to species extinction. About to leave for pastures new, he shares some parting thoughts.This is the text of a speech given by Jonathan Watts at the 2012 China Environmental Press...
China Delving behind the headlineschinadialogue.net | 12 Apr 2012Feng Jie, named “Journalist of the Year” at the 2012 China Environmental Press Awards, sees a “golden age” for reporters. But, she tells Liu Yuan, pollution and water shortages are difficult realities to explore. Normal 0 10 pt 0 2 false false...
China Counting the cost of honestychinadialogue.net | 26 Mar 2012Michael Mann’s ocean studies confirmed the reality of global warming. His findings exposed the creator of the “hockey stick” graph – showing rapid temperature rises – to the vitriol of climate-change deniers, writes Robin McKie.The US scientist who has borne the full...
China Another water battle loomingchinadialogue.net | 23 Mar 2012Pakistan is gearing up for a new fight with India, reports Athar Parvaiz from Ladakh. At the centre of the latest row is a dam funded by international efforts to tackle global warming. The never-ending war over water resources between India and Pakistan has taken a new twist....
China Sizing the carbon bubblechinadialogue.net | 21 Mar 2012Financial markets are in denial, backing both the winners and losers of climate change and stocking up more fossil fuels than they can burn, writes James Leaton.How much “unburnable” carbon is there on the world’s stock exchanges? Last year, the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI)...
China China Promises Sweeping Economic ChangeForbes | 06 Mar 2011China's government is promising an economic overhaul that would raise the status of consumers and entrepreneurs but has given no sign how it will tackle its politically volatile reforms. Beijing wants to nurture self-sustaining growth driven by consumption and develop service and high-tech...
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