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Australian firm strikes $60B coal deal with ChinaBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 6, 2010
Australian company Resourcehouse Ltd. said Saturday that it has struck a $60 billion, 20-year agreement to supply coal to China Power International Development Ltd., calling it Australia's biggest export contract. The deal is the latest in a string of major contracts... Read more.. |
China Insists That Its Steps on Climate Be VoluntaryBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 30, 2010
As a Sunday target date approaches for countries to submit to the United Nations their plans for fighting climate change, China is banding together with other major developing nations to stress that only the wealthier countries need to make internationally binding commitments... Read more.. |
India, China agree to cooperate on climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 23, 2009
Fresh from the solidarity displayed at the Copenhagen Summit on climate change, India and China on Tuesday agreed to continue cooperating on the issue in the coming months in order to safeguard the interests of developing countries. In a telephonic conversation,... Read more.. Subject Tags: China |
Climate Change and China's Global ResponsibilitiesBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 23, 2009
There should be little surprise that the Copenhagen Conference fared as badly as it did. For far too long, major governments refused to recognize the reality that achieving a global treaty at Copenhagen would not prove feasible. No later than early this past... Read more.. Subject Tags: China , Environment |
U.S., China, India reach climate change dealBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama forged a climate pact with major developing nations including China on Friday but European nations only reluctantly signed up for a deal they criticised as unambitious. All sides conceded the agreement -- the first pact for fighting global... Read more.. Subject Tags: China , Technology |
India, China’s CDM success becomes the world’s envyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2009
As global negotiators failed to thrash out a climate change deal, the world’s least developed nations made it known that any new version of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) should include them. They have a point. CDM, a system that funds clean technology in... Read more.. |
China announces planned emissions cutsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2009
China announced Thursday that it will cut its economy's carbon intensity by up to 45 percent by 2020, the state news agency Xinhua said, and that Premier Wen Jiabao will participate in international climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month. The move by the world's... Read more.. |
China, India push for 'patent free' green techBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 23, 2009
As world leaders prepare for climate talks in Copenhagen next month, developing nations have tabled a controversial proposal which would effectively end patent protection for clean technologies. China and India have floated the idea of making new green technology... Read more.. |
WEO 2009 outlines bleak outlook for India but there's hope too By : Anonymous, Nov 17, 2009
Going by the World Energy Outlook report, India has a bleak period ahead. By 2030, world primary energy demand is set to shoot up 40% higher than in 2007, with India and China accounting for 53% of the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , China , energy , India , Politics , Resource Efficiency , Social Issues , Sustainable Energy , Technology |
Obama in 11th-hour climate bid with China, IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 12, 2009
With the clock ticking on the high-stakes Copenhagen climate summit, US President Barack Obama will try to salvage fading hopes for a deal as he meets this month with the leaders of China and India. Obama on Sunday starts his closely watched debut trip to China. A week... Read more.. |