UN Environment - Tongji IESD

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/chinas-lead-in-the-global-solar-race-at-a-glance

China's lead in the global solar race - at a glance By 2024 China will far outstrip any other country for solar panels - this is why.

The revival of China’s relationships with India, Japan, and South Korea, as well as the reboot of the China-Japan-ROK trilateral summit is one of the key drivers of this new wave. Regional cooperation platforms such as APEC, ASEAN and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are also proliferating.

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In 2020, Asian economies will become larger than the rest of the world combined - here's how The re-emergence of Asia is among the most important shifts that will occur in our lifetimes, writes the President of the Center for China and Globalization.

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Scientists are yet to discover the magnitude of what mircroplastics are doing to us and the natural environment. Chances are, they have only touched the surface of what we have exposed our selves to. It will take us decades to clean the mess but we have to start somewhere. We commend the countries that are doing their bit to pioneer legislation that bans the extensive use of microplastics or the companies doing research in alternative replacements.

It's raining plastic: microscopic fibers fall from the sky in Rocky Mountains Discovery raises new questions about the amount of plastic waste permeating the air, water, and soil virtually everywhere on Earth

Baoyinghu National Wetland park in Yangzhou, Jiangshu Province East China is a sight to behold. Conservation of wetland ecosystems is not only critical in flood control and the preservation of biodiversity it is an important source of revenue. Sustainable eco - tourism of wetlands is a win win for humans and the natural environment.

UNDP - GEF community based natural resources management initiative with the government of Zambia to combat forest loss, curb climate change, simultaneously clean up cooking and reduce health problems.

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WOOD-SAVING cookstoves ARE HELPING ZAMBIA CUT FOREST LOSS by UNDP in Zambia on Exposure It’s half past midday in Kawama Village in Northwestern Zambia and Mildred Kikwanda is busy preparing ‘Nshima’ – the staple maize meal – with chicken stew and vegetables, using a non-traditional means of cooking – a wood-saving, earth-block stove popularly known as energy-saving stove. B...

To achieve any measure of sustainable growth and development North to South, as well as South to South cooperation and knowledge sharing is needed. We need to learn from those who have walked the paths before us and succeeded in designing and implementing strategies that work.

Apply now to attend this three week workshop specifically tailored to promote the development of Green Cities in developing nations particularly Africa.

https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/forest-friendly-chocolate

Forest-friendly chocolate Sougue Kadjatou is a 45-year-old farmer who lives with her husband and two children in Agboville, a village in Côte d’Ivoire.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/the-dawn-of-the-asian-century

China's role in the Asian century of globalization The re-emergence of Asia is among the most important shifts that will occur in our lifetimes, writes the President of the Center for China and Globalization.