China’s Devastating Floods: From Adaptation to Mitigation
By Dan Steinbock
After weeks of torrential rain across central and southern China, the mainland has suffered from a series of devastating floods. As...
China’s Environmental Challenges
By Judith ShapiroChina’s huge environmental challenges are tied to domestic politics, rapid economic growth, and an intense phase of globalization. With rising wealth there...
Why Renewed China-US Cooperation Bodes Well for Climate Action
By Dr. Yixian Sun
The relationship between the US and China is the most important in the world, and it has been unstable and sometimes...
Why China is emerging as a leader in sustainable and organic agriculture
By Steffanie Scott and Zhenzhong Si
It’s August and 38C outside a greenhouse on a fruit farm in suburban Nanjing, China. Inside the farmhouse, customers...
‘It Can Be Done. It Must Be Done’: IPCC Delivers Definitive Report on Climate...
By Frank Jotzo and Mark Howden
The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if we really put our shoulder to the wheel...
How Special Soil Observatories in China are Helping to Create More Sustainable Agriculture
By Paul Hallett, Ganlin Zhang, Larissa Naylor, and Weikai Wang
All over the world, agriculture is threatened by degraded soils. Stripped of carbon from intensive farming,...
Climate gains in the West, Exported Pollution in the Rest
By Dan Steinbock
Recently, President Duterte slammed Canada for sending waste to the Philippines. Yet, the challenge is huge. Exported pollution from advanced economies penalizes...
COVID Is Running Rampant in China – But Herd Immunity Remains Elusive
By Adam Kleczkowski
After nearly three years of keeping COVID under control, China is experiencing a massive new wave of COVID infections. The official figures reporting 60,000...
China’s Burgeoning Green Finance: Linchpin of Sustainable Development
By Alexander Ayertey Odonkor
There is strong evidence to suggest that China is indeed committed to meeting its targets for the reduction of carbon emissions,...
What Africa can Learn from China about Climate Change Adaptation
By Anthony Mills
China is already experiencing widespread environmental degradation, particularly as a result of pollution. But the way China is approaching adaptation to climate...
