Monthly Archives: December 2009
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
Lead-poisoned children of Qingyuan promised testing and medical treatment (Google translation)
Officials announced to concerned residents that all children in Qingyuan would be given access to blood testing and prompt treatment to address the growing problem of lead poisoning. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(1)
Happy Holidays from NRDC!
The staff of NRDC China would like to wish all of our Greenlaw readers a very pleasant holiday season. Happy Holidays!
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
The world focuses on Premier Wen Jiabao; after “overtime”, “Copenhagen Accord” released (Google translation)
The “Copenhagen Accord” agreed upon by the BASIC nations (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) and the USA reached some notable compromises after two weeks of emotional, high-pressure meetings. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
The Copenhagen Accord: A Big Step Forward
The Copenhagen climate deal that President Obama hammered out Friday night with the leaders of China, India, Brazil and South Africa broke through years of negotiating gridlock to achieve three critical goals. First, it provides for real cuts in heat-trapping carbon pollution by all of the world’s big emitters. Second, it establishes a transparent framework for evaluating countries’ performance against their commitments. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Copenhagen in Pictures – Time to Step Up to an Agreement (Updated)
[Update (Beijing 1/10/2010): The rest of the Copenhagen meeting is history now. It was an exhausting two weeks that did not do as much as we'd hoped, but pushed forward in a number of important ways. We have posted our take on China and the Copenhagen Accord here. Our staff's complete series of blogs on the Copenhagen meeting can be found here. Onward to a final agreement in 2010!] [Update (3:25pm local time): Wen and Obama both spoke this morning and we are clearly not yet at an agreement. Wen’s talk contained important language about transparency, international dialogue and cooperative … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media
Britain, US increase pressure on China at climate summit (Google translation)
As the international climate negotiations enter their last days this week, China is facing increasing pressure from the international community, and especially the UK and US. Much noise has been made about China’s willingness to accept MRV (measurable, reportable, and verifiable) standards for its carbon reduction programs. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Copenhagen Media Report – Day 9
Today, access to Bella Center is even stricter. Heads of states are arriving starting from today, including Gordon Brown. Right now, some of our luckier NRDC colleagues are inside the Bella Center attending conferences, while the others are standing in a desperately long queue, blogging with freezing fingers. Highlights of yesterday： Africa staged a virtual walkout, putting things on hold for about 6 hours and forcing the negotiations to regroup and restructure. Fortunately, COP President Connie Hedegaard was able to broker an end to the walkout, and negotiations resumed at 8pm. A few new texts came out last night focusing … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(0)
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News
Guangzhou Maritime Court orders tannery to pay 62,500 RMB in compensation (Google translation)
The Dongtai tannery in Panyu District of Guangzhou was ordered to pay 62,500 RMB in compensation for damages from several incidents of illegal waste water release in 2008, bringing another environmental public interest litigation case to a close. The factory’s illegal discharges were uncovered by investigators in July 2008 following complaints from local residents about red-colored water. Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(2)
Copenhagen in Pictures – One Week Down, an Agreement to Go
Here are some photos from the first week in Copenhagen. Enjoy!
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC
Copenhagen Week One Wrap-Up
One week down, an agreement to go. The first week at Copenhagen was intense in and out of the Bella Center. Inside, thousands of government bureaucrats and staffers mixed with thousands of environmental advocates, researchers, students, journalists, bloggers and a guy dressed in a polar bear suit. The media and blogosphere played up the atmospherics of shocking “secret” draft texts, sharp words and session stoppages, but most people realize these are just part of the game. There are real differences to be worked out, but my colleague Jake Schmidt describes the reasons we are optimistic for a positive agreement this … Continue reading 阅读全文 Add comment 发表评论(1)
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