Abstract:A lack of public transparency around major projects has caused mistrust, suspicion and public opposition, a senior official from Chinas Environment Ministry has admitted. Speaking at the launch of the 2013 Report on the State of the Environment in China l
Abstract:Rising localism is encouraging Chinese people to ask if too high a price is being paid for economic growth. The word "NIMBY" ("Not In My Backyard", translated into Chinese as linbi – or, "avoid the neighbourhood") started to
Abstract:A new film chronicling the devastating effects of America’s dam obsession shows the parallels with Chinas dam rush today. In 1944, John L. Savage, a senior engineer from the United States Bureau of Reclamation, arrived in China. Much of the country was st
Abstract:China should consider introducing an intermediate carbon cap in the 13th Five-Year Plan, says Wang Yi, deputy head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Policy and Management… Source: China Dialogue, http://www.chinadialogue.org.cn/article/show/
Abstract:Its not the water but the salt. The salt creeps in as the water rises but it never leaves. In El Salvador, like countries all over the world, the salt from rising sea levels is poisoning our land and water… Source: China Dialogue, http://www.chinadialogue
Abstract:When the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) unveiled its latest report in Berlin in April, the revelation that the worlds governments are not doing enough to stop the world from getting steadily warmer came with a new feeling … Source: Chin
Abstract:An increase in animal feed imports may preserve land and water in China, but could have major implications for climate emissions and land use overseas… Source: China Dialogue, http://www.chinadialogue.org.cn/blog/7035-China-should-ditch-some-of-its-food-s