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China Starting to Enact Caps on Carbon Emissions
In an effort to cap carbon emissions, China unveiled its first pilot carbon-trading program, which will begin soon in the southern city of Shenzhen, reports Jonathan Kaiman at the UK Guardian. The trading scheme will cover 638 companies responsible for … Continue reading
Water Shortages Drying Up Economic Growth in China
As China continues its rapid economic expansion, the country faces an increasing shortage of water that threatens its economic growth, reports Leslie Hook at the Financial Times. China’s per capita water resources are, on average, about 25 percent of the … Continue reading
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Asia Energy Demands Creating Major Risks – Report
Asia’s trajectory of fossil fuel use will threaten its energy security, worsen environmental damages and widen the gap between rich and poor unless the region dramatically changes its course, said a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), reports Coco … Continue reading
Burning Coal Drying Up North China
The world’s biggest coal consumer has new incentive to transition to clean energy, as China’s coal-fired power plants are drying up the country’s already scarce water resources, using 15 percent of the country’s total freshwater, much of it in the … Continue reading
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Top US Admiral Says Climate Change Biggest Threat
Admiral Samuel Locklear, the top US military Pacific commander, says that the biggest Pacific security threat is climate change, not China, or any other international tensions, reports Bryan Bender at the Boston Globe. Climate change will drive long-term security compromises … Continue reading
China Now Eating the Amazon Rainforest
Now that China is Brazil’s main trading partner, it significantly influences what happens in the Amazon forest – an important ecosystem for stabilizing global climate – and the attempts to protect that ecosystem, reports Jan Rocha at Climate News Network. … Continue reading
China, Australia Top List of Carbon Bomb Countries – Report
China and Australia top a global list of countries with planned oil, gas and coal projects that will act as “carbon bombs” and push the planet towards catastrophic climate change, a recent Greenpeace report warned, reports Oliver Milman at the … Continue reading
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Chinese leadership in 2009 announced that low-carbon growth had become mainstream in China, and clean energy would become a robust market. In 2012 alone China installed of 7 gigawatts of solar power, with more to come this year. But its … Continue reading
Land Reform Key to Saving Forests, Fighting Climate Change – Study
Ensuring that forest dwellers have rights over their land is vital for slowing deforestation that may be causing up to a fifth of the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases, says a new report by the nonprofit organization Rights and Resources … Continue reading
Asia To Become Lead Global Solar Power by 2016
The world’s solar power generating capacity will grow by between 200 and 400 percent over the next five years, with Asia and other emerging markets overtaking leadership from Europe, a European industry association said recently, reports Svetlana Kovalyova at Reuters … Continue reading
