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  • Saying goodbye to a throwaway consumption culture2014-04-04

    Abstract:An economy based on recycling and upgrading products is already attracting the support of a growing number of global businesses, including Coca-Cola and Unilever… Source: China dialogue, http://www.chinadialogue.org.cn/article/show/single/en/6825-Saying-g

  • Should China replicate the US factory farming model…2014-03-13

    Abstract:Chinese officials continue to emphasise the importance of replicating a US style of meat production, despite growing environmental and health costs.Source: China Dialogue, http://www.chinadialogue.org.cn/blog/6779-Should-China-replicate-the-US-factory-far

  • Environmental reporting in China still likely to be…2013-12-20

    Abstract:Better monitoring is needed to hold Chinese companies accountable to their environmental commitments...Source: China Dialogue, http://www.chinadialogue.org.cn/article/show/single/en/6543-Environmental-reporting-in-China-still-likely-to-be-greenwash

  • China needs a more radical climate change policy2013-11-27

    Abstract:Jiang Kejun (Jiang): Efforts to deal with smog have been a huge spur to Chinas emissions policy. Its already clear that the heavily-polluted areas of China can have no illusions about increasing coal use – it must be cut. In the short term the target is s

  • Public participation still lacking from Chinas envi…2013-11-22

    Abstract:Mass environmental protests in China have increased at a rate of around 29% per year since 1996, and by a staggering 120% in 2012. A common complaint is that the legal requirements for transparency and public participation in environmental decision-making

  • Chinas top-down food safety system is failing2013-10-12

    Abstract:The high frequency of food scandals will not be resolved by a centralised food safety system, John Yasuda tells chinadialogues Tom Levitt...Source: China Dialogue, https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/6369-China-s-top-down-food-safety-syst

  • China should switch from grain-fed to grassland agr…2013-09-25

    Abstract:Too much grain is being fed to livestock and should be replaced by grasslands, suggests Ren Jizhou, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering...Source: China Dialogue, https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/6345-China-should-switch-from