Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Howard Buffett talk about why development assisstance needs to be a two-way street
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EcocentricChina
Soaring to Sinking: How Building Up Is Bringing Shanghai Down
As land-subsidence concerns sweep across more than 50 cities in China, the country’s most populous metropolis remains among the most vulnerable
EcocentricFood
Tropical Hotspots Face Food Woes in a Warmer World
Thanks to the spring from hell—in the U.S., at least—much of the concern about climate change has shifted to the fear of the violent weather that could become the norm in a warmer world. (See Sharon Begley’s sobering take in Newsweek.) But while tornadoes and hurricanes and floods may get our attention, the greater threat from …
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China Environment Minister: Yep, It’s Bad
China’s Environment Minster has published an essay on the web site of his young agency warning that if the nation doesn’t do more to mitigate the environmental consequences of the nation’s economic expansion, things won’t be expanding for long.
Zhou Shengxian writes:
“In China’s thousands of years of civilization, the conflict
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EcocentricGlobalization
The U.N.’s Human Development Report Shows Life Is Getting Better—and Money Isn’t the Only Reason
Sometimes, I admit, this green beat can be a little depressing. Shrinking icecaps. Rising seas. Endangered species. Air pollution. Acidifying oceans. Oil spills. Invasive Asian carp. And perhaps worst of all, the United States Senate. It can seem as if life is getting is worse every day—like a Beatles record played …
EcocentricEnergy
Energy: Bringing Light to Darkness—and Curbing Poverty
Most of the focus on energy and climate in the developing world boils down to two words: India and China. The rapid growth of those two burgeoning economic giants is changing the pace of energy markets and adding much of the carbon that will be pumped into the atmosphere over the coming decades, speeding climate change. But there’s a …