When it comes to our most pressing environmental challenges, much of the data needed to take effective action are missing. Water quality, recycling rates, toxic chemical exposures, land degradation – assessing these environmental issues is hampered by the lack of...
By Angel Hsu, Andrew Moffat, and Kaiyang Xu. This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs. From the Paris Climate Negotiations The international climate agreement reached at the recent 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping reach out to shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 12, 2014. Photo by Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images, originally posted on ChinaFile. Originally posted on ChinaFile, on...
A new documentary on China’s air pollution problem by a former CCTV journalist has gripped the Chinese public and is forcing the government to own up to the severity of its environmental challenge. If you haven’t seen it already, a new 103-minute...
This post originally appeared on China Dialogue. The photo is by Han Zun Zeng on Flickr.com. China’s leaders drafting the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) should remember that targets are only one tool for tackling air pollution. As China’s policymakers mull the...
This post originally appeared on China Dialogue. Despite the recent release of data on soil pollution, we are far from having the complete picture, argue Angel Hsu and Andrew Moffat. China’s release of a first nationwide soil pollution survey earlier this yearwas met...
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