So apparently my earlier posts on the Singapore and Tianjin partnership in the Tianjin ecozone were a bit mature.  At first, I thought that as Singapore had successfully brought the Suzhou Singapore Investment Park to market, and the working relationships were developed at the highest levels of both governments, that would leave Singapore in better [...]

Here are three clips from CNN as part of their Ecosolutions series that I thought readers would find interesting as, for no other reason, these are three CNN videos focused more on what is going right here in China on the issue of sustainability. Clip 1: China’s Green Plans – focused on (as the title [...]

One of the perks of being a country with a huge sum of cash in the coffers is the ability to make investments in projects like the one that the Shanghai government has just announced. To provide 20% subsidies for 10 million CFLs in the next year.  That is on top of the already 50% [...]

Following my post yesterday on the tit for tat that was taking place between UK and Chinese press conferences, Mark Lynas’s Guardian article How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room went to press. The article is a must read in my opinion as it gives reader a look [...]

Given the number of post-COP commentaries that are taking place right now, I decided to scrap my own “I am disappointed, but not surprised piece” and move on to the post-COP snowball fight which is now taking place. It is was one that Ed Miliband so thoughtfully started when he said that China ‘hijacked’ climate [...]

While many had their eyes trained on the outcome of the last day at COP15, my eyes were reviewing final project submissions from the recent batch of students at Shanghai’s Raffles Design Institute. A school dedicated to all things design, this class of students was coming from the communications department and were charged with taking [...]

For a city that has been so aggressive to increase water supplies, I am often surprised that so little is done to reduce demand. It would seem that action is now being taken. According to the Xinhua article  Beijing holds public hearing on water price hike, the city is now looking to raise the price [...]

Typically I would not report the work of someone else in full, but in this case I think an exception should be made: Prime Minister Rasmussen, Dear Colleagues, At this very moment, billions of people across the world are following closely what is happening here in Copenhagen. The will that we express and the commitments [...]

Was walking through Lujiazui this afternoon and notice this sign in front of Super Brand Mall.  Good to see that in an area that seems to see a new sete of cranes every week someone is advertising they are going LEED. Perhaps, they can catalyze a competition among developers?  Or perhaps the mayor will just [...]

In the lead up to, and in the middle of, the recent Copenhagen discussions the role of China as either the biggest polluter or as the biggest Cleantech investor has been the focal point for many. It is a bipolar focus that has defined many of the discussions on China in the past, and as [...]