Monthly Archives: September 2009
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
Are social groups capable of carrying the banner of “public interest litigation”? (Google translation)
In the wake of the government-operated NGO All-China Environmental Federation’s accepted and resolved environmental public interest lawsuit in Guiyang last month, experts in China are attempting to understand the future of public interest litigation in China. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
76 Days Until Copenhagen
There are 76 days until Copenhagen.
76 days.
The UN Summit on Climate Change was a good example of just how far we’ve come in the global climate discussions. Every world leader who spoke mentioned our collective responsibility to reverse climate change and the serious ramifications for the planet if we do not.
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Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Energy technology must be utilized to create low-carbon economic development (Google translation)
The National Development and Reform Commission Energy Institute recently released a report detailing China’s low-carbon development path to 2050. Experts working on the report in China agree that innovation and development of green technology must become a priority for China’s plans to develop a sustainable, efficient economy. (Source: Economic Information Daily)
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India’s Actions Provide More Hope for Copenhagen Climate Talks
At the United Nations Summit on Climate Change, President Obama spoke about the importance of assisting developing countries on adaptation and technology. He also reiterated the need for developing countries with rapidly growing emissions to “commit to strong measures at home and agree to stand behind those commitments just as the developed nations must stand behind their own.” Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
"Climate Week" and My Talks with China’s Top Negotiator
Climate Week has begun, and as foreign dignitaries descend on the United Nations and the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, I think most of the world’s nations will be singing a shared refrain: it is time for the United States to take action on global warming.
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China Signals New Efforts to Address their Global Warming Pollution
President Hu Jintao of China has just unveiled before the world a new set of actions that China will undertake to curb their global warming pollution. The remarks were made today as a part of the UN Secretary General’s high-level summit on global warming. The event (as I discussed here) is one part of the critical “climate week” which is aimed at giving a jumpstart to the international negotiations in the final 3 months before Copenhagen.
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Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
China’s environmental public interest litigation worth the wait (Google translation)
While only five cases of environmental public interest litigation have occurred in China to date, the promise inherent in a developed public interest litigation movement means that China should still develop such a system, argues the Western China Times. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Forbes: NRDC President Frances Beinecke on US, China and climate change
This week, Gady Epstein – Forbes’ Beijing Bureau Chief – has posted an interview with NRDC President Frances Beinecke on what the US and China can do to deal with climate change. We post it below. http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/17/china-climate-change-ge-beinecke-opinions-beijing-dispatch.html Beijing Dispatch Climate: China Waits For The U.S. To Act Gady Epstein, 09.17.09, 6:00 PM ET The work never stops in U.S.-China relations. It appears (for now) that President Obama’s decision last week to impose a tire tariff won’t lead to an all-out trade war, but the Chinese netizens are certainly restless. The two countries need to get along, because next up is … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Xie Zhenhua: China will continue to strengthen climate change policy measures
Xie Zhenhua, the vice director of China’s National Development and Reform Commission and chief climate change negotiator, announced that President Hu Jintao will present China’s new plans for addressing global warming at a UN Conference later this month. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Media Coverage of Joint BCG-NRDC Green Buildings Report
In the past week, both Chinese and English media outlets have covered a green buildings report jointly published by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The report is titled “From Gray to Green: How Energy-Efficient Buildings Can Help Make China’s Rapid Urbanization Sustainable.” We previously posted some information about the report here. China Daily called the report’s vision a “challenging but potentially achievable scenario for China in which energy-saving buildings are not just friendly to the environment but also attractive to profit-seeking developers,” noting that implementation of the policy recommendations in the report would … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
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