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China and the World discuss the environment

Experts say the world must -- at the very least -- double its spending on dams and pipes before climate change worsens the problems of drought, flooding and disease. Juliette Jowit reports.

Countries across the world will have to dramatically increase investment in dams, pipes and other water infrastructure to avoid widespread flooding, drought and disease even before climate change accelerates these problems, experts have warned.
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The Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2008 global report will be launched on September 22. This year, for the first time, there will also be a Chinese country study. On the eve of the global report, Isabel Hilton talks to CDP’s CEO Paul Dickinson.

Pakistan faces hard choices as it scrambles to supply power to the country’s 80 million people who lack electricity. But are large dam projects worth the economic and environmental costs? Ann-Kathrin Schneider reports.

 
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The creation of an environment ministry is one example of positive reform transforming China’s government, writes He Gang. But there is room to improve the capacity to enforce environmental laws.

Herders from the ecologically degraded Tibetan Plateau expected a better life when they were relocated to newly constructed urban homes. But they were disappointed, writes Feng Yongfeng.

How can countries break new environmental records at sporting events? Li Taige considers the lessons learned during the Beijing Games and sees progress emerging from the Olympics.

The Olympics have finally drawn to a close, but debate over the “Olympic legacy” continues. 
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Experts attribute the melting of the Mingyong glacier to climate change, but the Tibetan villagers who live in the area have a different explanation. Guo Jing reports from Yunnan province.

Inexpensive, throwaway clothes -- hugely popular in the UK -- have been criticised in a parliamentary report. Lucy Siegle says the appetite for trendy, disposable garments is becoming an eco-disaster.

Did recent international talks in Ghana bring the world any closer to a new global agreement on climate change? Gao Feng was following the negotiations, and reports that some progress was made.

No stranger to natural disasters, the country is also on the frontline of climate change. Working together, the nation and the UK are helping beleaguered communities to adapt and survive. John Vidal reports.