Environment, Biodiversity & Planning~

China: Extreme heat waves & climate change

June 6, 2023
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In August last year (2022) CEN reported on heat wave conditions hitting China. Similar conditions since hit India and South East Asia. Researchers at Tsinghua University and the Beijing Institute […]

Caring for China’s “water tower”

June 5, 2023
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Sanjiangyuan bolsters biodiversity conservation efforts See Video: https://youtu.be/OweJqfjiEz4 Sanjiangyuan in Qinghai contains the headwaters of China’s three major rivers. China’s President Xi Jinping has consistently underlined the importance of preserving […]

China’s laws for the ecological protection of special regions

June 3, 2023
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In late April 2023 China’s top legislature adopted a law to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This is the latest of China’s environmental laws for 4 key […]

For China are heat waves the ‘new normal’ under climate change?

May 20, 2023
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It’s not a mirage. Across China, heat waves are becoming more frequent, lasting longer, and getting hotter — with deadly consequences. For more than a month, much of China has […]

A New Environmental History of Socialist States

May 20, 2023
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Review of: Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Socialist States and the Environment: Lessons for Ecosocialist Futures (London: Pluto Press, 2021), 288 pages, $26.95, paperback. Review by associate professor Andy Bruno. Starting in the late […]

A decade of rising forest cover and better protecting the environment in China

May 20, 2023
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Originally posted 27 July 2022 Ten years is a short period of time in human history but diligent people, with the support of good governance, can create miracles in that […]

Should developed nations pay reparations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change?

May 15, 2023
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At the UN climate summit in 2021 – COP26 in Glasgow – a group of largely developing nations representing six out of every seven people in the world called for developed countries to […]

China’s plan to clean up ‘new pollutants’

May 5, 2023
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“This is a significant step forward for China’s chemical regime.” Liu Jianguo, Associate Professor, Peking University Hopes are high that a Chinese action plan will help control chemicals with ongoing […]

Why China’s first solar-powered, semi-satellite drone is a big deal

September 13, 2022
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In a big step toward green development, China has built its first solar-powered large unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone successfully carried out its maiden flight on Saturday. It took off […]

China chairs UN Convention on Biological Diversity

August 26, 2022
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China currently holds the rotating Presidency of the Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). This is the first time China has overseen a major UN intergovernmental […]