http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/21/power-transition-and-collaboration-in-china/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/21/power-transition-and-collaboration-in-china/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:41:30 +0000 David Maurrasse http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32373 It is political season in two of the world’s largest economies. People around the world are closely watching as leadership transition in China will have global implications. China has been a hot topic in the U.S. presidential campaign, mentioned 53 times in the presidential debates. Both candidates took a tough stance and proposed to push China to "play by the rules." ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/21/power-transition-and-collaboration-in-china/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/19/rare-earth-metals-will-we-have-enough/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/19/rare-earth-metals-will-we-have-enough/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:21:01 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=30542 Cell phones, iPads, laptops, televisions, hybrid cars, wind turbines, solar cells and many more products depend on rare earth metals to function. Will there be enough for us to continue our high-tech lifestyle and transition to a renewable energy economy? ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/19/rare-earth-metals-will-we-have-enough/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/05/china%e2%80%99s-south-north-water-transfer-project-a-means-to-a-political-end/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/05/china%e2%80%99s-south-north-water-transfer-project-a-means-to-a-political-end/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:30:21 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23343 In order to maintain the status quo, let alone to grow, cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and Zhengzhou need more water. But the South-North Water Transfer Project--which when completed will transfer 174 times more water per year than the city of Los Angeles receives from various diversions of the Colorado River-- is putting in place a fundamentally unsustainable growth trajectory that could undermine the stability so vigorously sought by the leaders of the nation. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/05/china%e2%80%99s-south-north-water-transfer-project-a-means-to-a-political-end/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/28/climate-services-providers-users-must-partner/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/28/climate-services-providers-users-must-partner/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:44:34 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23240 The potential of climate services depends on the strength of partnerships between those who provide climate information and those who need it, says Zhang Zuqiang, Deputy Director of China's National Climate Center.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/28/climate-services-providers-users-must-partner/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/14/data%e2%80%99s-power-to-spur-environmental-progress/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/14/data%e2%80%99s-power-to-spur-environmental-progress/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:36:33 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22819 In January, 132 countries received their environmental report cards. The Environmental Performance Index has goaded leaders into action by letting them see their countries’ strengths and weaknesses compared to other countries.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/14/data%e2%80%99s-power-to-spur-environmental-progress/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/24/chinas-decade-plan-for-water/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/24/chinas-decade-plan-for-water/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:47:01 +0000 Kavita Jain-Cocks http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19375 For the first time, China's No. 1 central document outlining the government's priorities for the coming year focuses on the construction of water resources acknowledging its importance as a "strategic resource" and its necessity to the economy.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/24/chinas-decade-plan-for-water/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/09/safety-be-dammed/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/09/safety-be-dammed/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17376 In the still hours just before midnight on March 12, 1928, thousands of people slumbered in the handful of agricultural communities nestled along the Santa Clara River in Ventura County, California. Tony Harnischfeger and his family slept quietly in a small house at the foot of the St. Francis Dam, a 195-foot high concrete gravity [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/09/safety-be-dammed/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/19/the-push-to-dam-china%e2%80%99s-rivers/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/19/the-push-to-dam-china%e2%80%99s-rivers/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 15:02:21 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14851 China already has half the world's large hydroelectric dams (25,800), but along the Yangtze River and its tributaries, 100 large dams are either being planned or built and 43 additional dams are in the works.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/19/the-push-to-dam-china%e2%80%99s-rivers/feed/ 5 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/05/how-china-is-dealing-with-its-water-crisis/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/05/how-china-is-dealing-with-its-water-crisis/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 19:11:53 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14413 Recently I traveled to Southeast Yunnan in China to see the spectacular Yuan Yang rice terraces, flooded and ready for spring planting. Rice is a very water-hungry crop and China is the world’s largest producer of rice and grain. Yet China is facing a perilous water crisis.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/05/how-china-is-dealing-with-its-water-crisis/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/event-himalayan-glaciers-and-asias-looming-water-crisis/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/event-himalayan-glaciers-and-asias-looming-water-crisis/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:43:07 +0000 Columbia Water Center http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3219 Columbia Water Center, The Asia Society and The Economist are cosponsoring the event Himalayan Glaciers and Asia's Looming Water Crisis, Wednesday July 14, 2010, 6:30pm at the Asia Society.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/event-himalayan-glaciers-and-asias-looming-water-crisis/feed/ 0