Environment

A Roadmap for U.S.-China Collaboration on Carbon Capture and Sequestration

A proposal for the development and implementation of a joint U.S.-China Carbon Capture and Sequestration project.

Orville Schell on how a "dysfunctional" US government is impeding collaboration with China on key issues. (3 min.)

'Climate Change Doesn't Negotiate'

Orville Schell stresses the need for China and the US to set aside their differences in order to collaborate on the issue that matters most. more

Achim Dobermann lists likely effects of climate change on Asia's rice-growing deltas, as well as some potential scientific solutions. (3 min., 40 sec.)

Climate Change and Asia's Rice Supply

German expert urges Asian governments to take the lead in finding solutions. more

Tourists take in the view of the Forbidden City from atop Coal Hill in Jingshan Park, north of the former imperial palace on a smoggy day in Beijing on December 10, 2009. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

China’s Environmental Movement: A Journalist’s Perspective

Journalist Liu Jianqiang discussed his investigative stories on the ecological impact and displacement of people by China's hydroelectric projects. more

This photo taken on December 8, 2009 shows two people outside a coal-powered power plant on the outskirts of Linfen, China, regarded as one of the cities with the worst air pollution in the world. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)

Bringing Hope to Copenhagen

How government funds could help poorer nations cope with climate change. more

People walk past a banner reading 'Countdown to Copenhagen' during a protest organised by Christian Aid in Coventry, West Midlands on March 19, 2009. (Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images)

Discuss: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2009

Share your thoughts on a new climate deal for the Copenhagen conference. more

The glaciers of the Himalaya are melting. Global climate change has dramatically reduced the huge ice fields of the Tibetan Plateau, where Asia's major river systems begin. On Thinner Ice, an Asia Society multimedia project, helps explain this critical issue. more

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