UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday hailed the outcome of the just-concluded UN climate change conference as an "important success for a world much in need of it."
Although I'm a bit fed up with the bargains and debates at the UN climate conference, I do think China and its leaders should turn their attention to not so advanced countries in search of new models of development.
Although "compromise" is one of the key words in Cancun, the talks can not avoid argument among the parties. European Union, the US and the Basic nations have held news conference to define their positions.
The world simply cannot afford to postpone pursuing green growth, no matter what negotiators in Cancun come up with. China has already made that commitment. Will rich countries do so too?
China is not waiting. It is quickening its steps to cut fossil fuel consumption, plant more trees, and above all reduce the intensity of carbon emissions per unit of its GDP.
Patagonia, the southernmost part of South America, and the coastal mountain ranges of Alaska are losing their huge glaciers faster and for longer periods of time than those in other parts of the world, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Tuesday.
Japan's unwillingness to extend the Kyoto Protocol is putting the global climate change architecture at risk and undermining the ongoing United Nations climate talks in Cancun.
The US and China should work together to prevent runaway climate change and demonstrate to the world sustainable, low-carbon development models.
The difference between freezing New York City and warm Cancun is truly climatic.
As China continues to post staggering economic growth figures, its hunger for the commodity without which no engine can function - fuel - is becoming ever more apparent.
The new political landscape emerging from US midterm elections has almost killed any likelihood that a climate bill could be passed over the next two years and substantially hampered the White House's efforts on the issue.
CANCUN, MEXICO - As negotiations continue at the UN climate change conference, a group of youths from China and the United States have sent a clear and firm message to the delegates: Stop blaming and start trusting each other.