Fiscal implications of global decarbonization
Internationally coordinated climate mitigation policies can effectively put the world on a path toward achieving the agreed Paris temperature goals. Such coordination could be initiated by large players,
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China to turn coal into oil
With oil prices at historic highs, China is moving full steam ahead with a controversial process to turn its vast coal reserves into barrels of oil. Known as coal-to-liquid (CTL), the process is reviled by environmentalists who say it causes excessive greenhouse gases. Yet the possibility of obtaining oil.-from coal and being fuel self-sufficient is enticing to coal-rich coun-tries seeking to secure their ; energy supply in an age of increased debate about how long the world's oil reserves can continue to meet demand.
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We contribute to food security: China
China is a major contributor to the world food security by feeding nearly a quarter of the global population and involving in aid to other countries, said its Agriculture Minister here. "China has managed to feed 1.3 billion people, mostly relying on domestic production, which in itself is a major contribution to the world food security,' Sun Zhengcai told the summit on food. Mr. Sun said China was also committed to contributing to the development of the world food and agriculture.
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UN decision puts brakes on ocean fertilization
Ocean-fertilization advocates suffered another setback last week as 191 nations agreed to a moratorium on large-scale commercial schemes to mitigate climate change. The agreement, adopted on 30 May at a meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn, Germany, calls for a ban on major ocean fertilization projects until scientists better understand the potential risks and benefits of manipulating the oceanic food chain.
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GM moves away from gas-guzzlers
Far from being a celebration, General Motors' 100th year in business is turning out to be one of the most wrenching in its long history. The Detroit-based company lost its spot as the world's biggest carmaker Toyotalast month, after hanging on to it by the narrowest of margins last year. It also faces the massive task of shifting its focus from the big sports-utility vehicles and pick-up trucks that have dominated its North American product line-up - and its profits - for the past 15 years.
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Needs of China BRT system different from Delhi's: Dikshit
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit attributed the success of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in China to the discipline of the Chinese. Dikshit, after returning from her week-long visit from China, said, Chinese strictly follow traffic rules and regulations.
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China working to prevent epidemics among 5 million left homeless by earthquake
Workers in protective suits circled collapsed communities in trucks on Monday, spraying disinfectant on rubble from last month's massive earthquake as part of a government campaign to prevent disease outbreaks among the 5 million left homeless. Providing safe food, drinking water and temporary shelters was a priority following the May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people, the Health Ministry said. Bodies discovered in the rubble were being disinfected, ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said in an interview posted on the central government's Web site.
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Confident" China Rules Out Post-Quake Epidemics
Chin said on Monday it could guarantee there would be no epidemics in the eathquake zone, while some survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make way for temporary housing. Where bodies crushed under buildings in the devastating May 12 tremor could not be cremated, they had been been buried deep underground and far from water sources to prevent contamination, Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qunan said. Camps had been disinfected and people warned of health risks.
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Helping Hands
The highway leading to Yingxiu, a small town near the epicenter of China's May 12 earthquake, is rent by fissures big enough to swallow a child and is choked with smashed trucks and enormous rocks. Near the town's outskirts, just past a compact car that has been crushed by a boulder, a landslide cuts off the road entirely.
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Healing The World
Large parts of the world have not enjoyed the remarkable global progress in health conditions that have taken place over the past century. Indeed, millions of deaths in impoverished nations are avoidable with prevention and treatment options that the rich world already uses. This year, 10 million children will die in low- and middle-income countries. If child death rates were the same as those in developed countries, this figure would be lower than one million. Conversely, if child death rates were those of rich countries just 100 years ago, the figure would be 30 million.
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Beyond The Wall
Not so long ago, China was known as the