Much to the surprise of many observers, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi refused comment on China’s human rights record as she arrived in Beijing today. From the Washington Post: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who...
Read MoreFollowing Hillary Clinton’s visit to China, hopes are high that the Obama administration will be able to forge cooperation with China to help solve global warming. Former National Security Council official Ken Lieberthal...
Read MoreClimate change will be one of the many important topics in the discussions between the US and Chinese administrations, as reported by New York Times. [A]n increasing number of officials and scholars from both countries say...
Read MoreThe Australian Federal Opposition does not approve of the way Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is handling China when it comes to climate change and clean energy. From ABC News, Australia. The Opposition’s environment spokesman,...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Addressing climate change head-on is in China’s best interests, but it needs developed countries to do their fair share, President Hu Jintao said in a speech reported by the Xinhua news agency on Saturday. Hu...
Read MoreCan the U.S. and China come up with a constructive plan to address climate change issues instead of arguing over who produces the most CO2 emissions? From Carnegie Endowment: The United States and China must make accommodations...
Read MoreFrom AFP: Britain and China are entering a new era of environmental cooperation and will lead the world in creating a sustainable future, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday as he ended a two-day visit. Brown switched focus from Friday’s emphasis on boosting trade ties with the world’s fastest-growing economy by inspecting cutting-edge projects […]
Read MoreSpanish analyst Pablo Bustelo has written about the Bali conference on climate change, and argues that the bulk of the responsibility for finding a solution lies with the developed world, not China and India. He writes: “At the Bali Summit the EU’s desire to get the US involved in future negotiations on climate change was […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese scientists have warned that climate change is hurting the most famous draw in the northern city of Harbin — its annual ice sculpture contest. Average annual temperatures in the city perched on the edge of Siberia hit 6.6 degrees Celsius (44 Fahrenheit) last year, the highest average since records began, and the […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via China.org: China opened its first air-sea interaction and climate change laboratory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, to closely observe climate change on the sea and to provide scientific solutions. The newly-built lab in the eastern coastal province, funded and run by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), would conduct […]
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