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Summer 2012 Field work in China – Your ideas wanted!

I am spending two months traveling around China to better understand environmental monitoring, reporting, and verification challenges for provincial environmental protection bureaus (EPBs). This map shows all of the places I plan to visit to speak to government officials, academic experts, and civil society representatives who are seeking to quantify the extent of China’s environmental degradation (primarily on air and water quality, as they are the main responsibility of EPBs) as a necessary precursor for management.

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Live-blogging from the Tianjin Climate Talks: Oct. 4-9

Live-blogging from the Tianjin Climate Talks: Oct. 4-9

I’m blogging live from the Tianjin intersessional meetings of the United Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the last stop on the way to the big Conference of Parties (COP-16) meeting in Cancun, Mexico this November.

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China in Copenhagen, Day 10: Of Chickens and Eggs

As we predicted from the beginning, the negotiations in Copenhagen are coming down to two countries that could make or break a deal – China and the United States. As we mentioned in our post on Day 9, the crux of this deadlock seems to be centered around a few critical issues.

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