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Good News and Bad News for China’s Eco-cities
I had a brief conversation with a friend majoring in media about “good news” and “bad news.” He claimed that when you tell someone you have good news and bad news, they will usually request to hear the bad news first. So here’s the bad news: China’s most high-profile eco-towns are failing. According to Ethical [...]
World Bank recommends reforms to address to water scarcity
The World Bank recently published a report recommending that China should “reform and strengthen its water resource management framework” to address water scarcity. From the press release: The reform should focus on clarifying the role of and relationships among the government, markets and society; improving the efficiency and effectiveness of water management institutions; enhancing the [...]
Call for papers: China and global climate change
A notice via the University of California, Los Angeles CHINAPOL listerv: Call for conference papers (Deadline February 8th, 2009) CHINA AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons Conference Dates: 18-19 June 2009 Location: Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China Website: http://www.ln.edu.hk/caps/conference.php The Centre for Asian Pacific Studies (CAPS) and the [...]
Making sure the environment thrives during the stimulus drive
Beijing recently held a national conference on environmental protection last week. Zhou Shengxian, head of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that China will increase urban sewage treatment capacity by 10 million tons in 2009 and increase sulfur dioxide scrubbers to coal-fired power generating units. Other plans for pollution reduction set at the conference: Reducing [...]
GreenSOS: Environmental education and post-earthquake relief in Sichuan
(Welcome back to RespChi blogger, Mark Hiew, who contributes this Q&A from his post in Chengdu!) The Sichuan earthquake of 2008, beyond the tens of thousands of lives it took, left behind a massive reconstruction task, to which the Chinese government recently committed 1 trillion Yuan ($146.5 billion). Yet alongside all of the houses and [...]
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