Climate Pulse

China and India formally endorse the last-minute climate agreement struck at the Copenhagen summitChina and India wrote to the UN's climate secretariat today agreeing to be "listed" as a parties to the Copenhagen accord, the last-minute agreement that emerged from the chaos of the UN's summit in... [continue]

Photo via Flickr Since 2000, China has reportedly purchased 141 rare white rhinos from South Africa--an amount that has drawn the suspicion from conservationists that the animals aren't being used for friendly purposes. Instead, it is believed that the rhinos are being farmed on wildlife reserves... [continue]

In Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, I have presented a plan to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by increasing energy efficiency and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. In the push to reduce emissions, all eyes are on China, the world's most populous country and now also the... [continue]

Workers at a golf club in China. Photo by Ryan Pyle via Foreign Policy. It sounds like a story from The Onion or a goofy riff on an episode of The Simpsons: China, a country where golf was still banned 25 years ago and few people play the sport, is now building the world's largest golf club, a... [continue]

Photo: Michael Graham Richard BYD Figured Making Cars Was Hard? Daimler is positioning itself for the electric car era. Last year it bought a 10% stake in Tesla Motors (40% of which was then bought by Abu Dhabi), and now they're partnering with China's BYD (which is Read the full story on... [continue]

All Photos: Khunu. The other day we mentioned outdoor clothing company Icebreaker. They started out as a small New Zealand company, but almost single-handedly created the burgeoning international market for fine merino wool sports clothing. Might Khunu achieve the same success with their collection... [continue]

photo: Mad Smith via flickr. It's not great secret that one of the consequences of the Arctic ice melting is that at some point in the next decade or two, in all likelihood, a permanent sea route will open up. Nations bordering the region have been arguing/discussing what will be newly important... [continue]

Despite fierce opposition to 'Frankenfoods' in Europe and elsewhere, fields full of genetically modified foods sprouting up around the world. Are GMOs a solution to the food crisis, or another environmental disaster in the making? [continue]

Rust in Peace, and I don't mean the Megadeth album. Photo: Flickr, CC The Sale to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Fell Through GM has been trying to sell its Hummer brand for about two years now. It has a preliminary deal with a Chinese company, but that collapsed when they... [continue]

Lithium carbonate tablets & lithium-ion battery. Image credits:Viewpoints; and, Wikipedia There is so much excitement and so little risk management awareness shown for the prospects of a future driven by lithium battery-powered vehicles. It makes sense that prospective risks of that future... [continue]