China Sustainability Links Curtis Elwood
Food Supply China’s rising farm trade deficit The Financial Express [Dhaka] 07 Feb 2012 The Financial Express /13631A72EBC3123F8D1/8?accountid= /13631A72EBC3123F8D1/8?accountid=8065 Monsanto And China: A Match Made In Heaven? Seeking Alpha 12 April a-match-made-in-heaven a-match-made-in-heaven China will seek to increase crop yields through increased use of GM seeds in order to feed its increasing population
Food Supply, cont. Africa Land Grab colonising-africa colonising-africa Contains 20 minute video an accompanying article.
Energy Portfolio U.S. Energy Information Administration Country Analysis: China Contains information about China’s energy portfolio by type and by region. China expected to institute cap on coal consumption by 2015 REneweconomy, Giles Parkinson, 12 March Bio-fuel production in Africa Bloomberg News, Alex Morales, Aug 29, deforestation-food-output-loss.html deforestation-food-output-loss.html Pathways to a low-carbon future China Dialogue, Wang Tao and Jim Watson, 3 July Contains energy portfolio projections going out to 2050.
Energy Portfolio China solar outlook Asia News Monitor [Bangkok] 12 Apr 2012 Asia News Monitor 54C2/38?accountid= C2/38?accountid=8065 Inside a U.S.-China Solar Trade War Beebe, Andrew. Wall Street Journal [New York, N.Y] 29 Mar 2012: A.17 Beebe, AndrewWall Street Journal 54C2/66?accountid= C2/66?accountid=8065 SolarWorld: U.S. Trade Ruling Will Help Restore Fair Competition in Solar Trade Investment Weekly News (Apr 7, 2012): DD654C2/42?accountid= DD654C2/42?accountid=8065 U.S. Department of Commerce finding against Chinese subsidies may lead to higher prices on imported solar panels in the U.S World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011 J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute 14 Mar Details China’s current and forecasted wind farm projects.
Water Resources CHINA: Water rises as sustainability priority Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Service. (Mar 16, 2011) Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Service Ground water depletion International Water Management Institute 8 pages, contains many graphics and statistics African land grab could lead to future water conflicts New Scientist Magazine, Anil Ananthaswamy, 26 May water-conflicts.html water-conflicts.html Three quarters of the Nile headwaters are in Sudan and Ethiopia. China’s farming there is a cause for alarm for downstream countries such as Egypt as it diverts these waters for agricultural use. “Virtual” water exportation through farming South – North Water Transfer Project Wikipedia Provides information on plans for major river diversion projects from the mountainous areas in southwest China to the industrial north.
General APP-China Expands Sustainability Commitment Investment Weekly News, 31 Dec: 17 B68/8?accountid= B68/8?accountid=8065 Article details how Asia Pulp and Paper increased its level of GRI reporting and its progress towards water usage and energy source targets. Africa: Up for grabs - The scale and impact of land grabbing for agro fuels Friends of the Earth Europe 36 page report detailing how African land is being acquired by foreign nations, primary European, to meet bio-fuel production goals.