Category: China

China to Hold Firm on Climate Change Policy Position »

(This article is contributed by our guest writer, Julian Wong, and was first published in The Green Leap Forward.)
China releases comprehensive white paper on its climate change policy ahead of key international meetings.
Ahead of the high level technology transfer summit in Beijing next week; next December’s 14th Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework […]

Asia Environmental News: 11 Nov 08 »

China pays high environmental and social price for reliance on coal (Guardian) - The True Cost of Coal, a new report published by Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and The Energy Foundation, says that the social and environmental impacts of using coal cost China an additional 1.7 trillion yuan.
New deal to rescue Borneo orangutans in […]

Beijing Energy and Environment Exhibition 2008 Review »

(This article is contributed by our guest writer, Julian Wong, and was first published in The Green Leap Forward.)
This is the 50th post for The Green Leap Forward! To celebrate, we visited the 2008 China (Beijing) International Energy Saving and Environmental Protection Exhibition held at the Beijing Exhibition Center this past weekend (Oct 17 through […]

Asia Environmental News: 24 Oct 08 »

Japan launches voluntary CO2 market (Reuters) - Japan recently launched a voluntary carbon market based on companies setting voluntary emission cuts.
Hong Kong night light pollution under the spotlight (Reuters) - Environmentalists are critical of the unnecessary and wasteful practice of keeping neon signs and buildings brightly lit all night.
New book on how Singapore achieved environmental […]

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