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,
China
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Three Gorges Dam: an environmental disaster
Hailed as one of the engineering feats of the 20th century, the Three Gorges Dam across China's Yangtze river is having a disastrous impact on the environment. Only a year after the completion of the
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ADB officials quit protesting policies
four senior officials quit the Asian Development Bank (adb) in July this year over the dilution of environmental and resettlement policy, triggering a crisis at the bank. All the officials were
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Cities as spaces of culture, constraints
Exhibition>> Global Cities, Tate Modern
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Cheap drive
Smallest vehicle segments are gaining popularity Nearly 40 per cent of the Chinese market is A and B segment. The B segment will increase by around 30 per cent till 2012 In Brazil about 50
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Dancing to country tunes
ADB says the big cost of implementing safeguard policies is a hindrance in its business with members like India and China. That is why it wants to use safeguard mechanism of borrower countries. India and China are pushing the bank in this direction. "There is pressure from middle-income countries on ADB for easy and quicker access to loans. It takes two years now to decide on a project due to stringent safeguard policies,' says Hemantha Withanage of NGO Forum on ADB, a Manila-based group. "In its hardsell to...
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German climate change initiative
german Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing for allocating emissions budgets on a per capita basis will come as sweet music to leaders of the developing world. This has been one of their key demands
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China suspends farmland to forest plan
To protect the country's food supply, the Chinese government has suspended a plan to convert farmland into forest. The move is to meet its pledge to keep at least 120 million hectares (ha) of arable
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US undercutting post Kyoto talks
us President George W Bush has announced a climate meeting for the end of September. The announcement comes at a time when there is already a un-led initiative to hammer out an agreement on
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Ecotourism can backfire if mismanaged
wildlife and environmental experts say promoting ecotourism helps generate funds for wildlife protection and conservation of their habitat. But a recent study in China suggests the concept can
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US, Mexico accuse China of unfair trade practices
the us and Mexico have accused China of giving illegal subsidies to Chinese companies to boost exports, while imposing tax and tariff penalties to limit purchases of foreign products in China. wto