WHENEVER high-level conversations turn to national or regional strategies for managing water-related climate impacts,many are compelled to look again and again to China as a model for imagining and then creating a sus...WHENEVER high-level conversations turn to national or regional strategies for managing water-related climate impacts,many are compelled to look again and again to China as a model for imagining and then creating a sustainable future for all of humanity.Why?Because as China goes,so goes the world.展开更多
COVID-19 has stopped much of the world in its tracks.The pandemic has created what many hope history will remember as the Great Pause.We have before us,however,a moment during which we can turn this great pause,and th...COVID-19 has stopped much of the world in its tracks.The pandemic has created what many hope history will remember as the Great Pause.We have before us,however,a moment during which we can turn this great pause,and the catastrophe that caused it,into an opportunity for a global re-set and the emergence of new hope for the future.展开更多
ON April 22 and 23,the Biden administration invited 40 world leaders to a virtual climate summit with the hope that other countries would follow the American example of announcing new and expanded commitments to achie...ON April 22 and 23,the Biden administration invited 40 world leaders to a virtual climate summit with the hope that other countries would follow the American example of announcing new and expanded commitments to achieving net global carbon neutrality by 2050.But while all of the right elements seemed to be aligned,including planning the opening day of the virtual conference to coincide with the Earth Day,the results of the summit were mixed.However,history is likely to be a fierce judge of the Leaders Summit on Climate.Either the summit will have been another Munich moment of failure and false hope or it will have been a bridge to meaningful climate action at the next UN climate change conference in November.China has the opportunity to greatly influence that verdict.展开更多
文摘WHENEVER high-level conversations turn to national or regional strategies for managing water-related climate impacts,many are compelled to look again and again to China as a model for imagining and then creating a sustainable future for all of humanity.Why?Because as China goes,so goes the world.
文摘COVID-19 has stopped much of the world in its tracks.The pandemic has created what many hope history will remember as the Great Pause.We have before us,however,a moment during which we can turn this great pause,and the catastrophe that caused it,into an opportunity for a global re-set and the emergence of new hope for the future.
文摘ON April 22 and 23,the Biden administration invited 40 world leaders to a virtual climate summit with the hope that other countries would follow the American example of announcing new and expanded commitments to achieving net global carbon neutrality by 2050.But while all of the right elements seemed to be aligned,including planning the opening day of the virtual conference to coincide with the Earth Day,the results of the summit were mixed.However,history is likely to be a fierce judge of the Leaders Summit on Climate.Either the summit will have been another Munich moment of failure and false hope or it will have been a bridge to meaningful climate action at the next UN climate change conference in November.China has the opportunity to greatly influence that verdict.
