Energy & Climate

Kunming Heats Up as China’s “Solar City”

by Ryan Hodum on June 5, 2007
Traveling across China, it’s hard not to notice a unique and environmentally benign technology that has been gracefully integrated into urban buildings and other structures

Chinese Officials Call for High-Level Body to Manage the Yangtze

by Qiang Wang et al. on May 31, 2007
A construction crane several tens of meters high is operating furiously at a building site in a large valley of the Dadu River, one of the major tributaries of the Yangtze River.

Chongqing Drought Raises Climate Change Worries

by Zuo Xuan on May 29, 2007
Last year, China’s southwestern city of Chongqing, located along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, suffered from its worst drought in half a century.

Low-Carbon Economy Brings China New Opportunities

by Guiyang Zhuang on May 24, 2007

China must shift to a low-carbon economy. This is not just because of the high pressure from the international community to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also because of the rising domestic exploitation of the nation's natural resources.

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