December 7-18, 2009, the world’s leaders will meet in Copenhagen to decide what to do about climate change. If this meeting were held today, it would produce an agreement – but it wouldn’t be strong enough to do much good.* In order to bring global CO2 back to the safe zone, we need to make [...]
Asking the wrong questions about climate change
A true global brainstorming approach would first discuss the best technological and economic options available, and how to improve these options through targeted research and development and better economic incentives. via Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 — English Window to China News.
Climate Change and China’s Poor
Last week , as a result of Greenpeace’s report that Climate Change Hurts China’s Poor, I was contacted by a media outlet for some comments. It is one of those issues whose relationships to poverty will surely be examined going forward in great detail as the effects of climate change are predicted to restrict many [...]