中国已誓言从今年6月开始禁止超薄塑料购物袋的生产和使用。而云南省的丽江已先行一步，5年前就开始禁用塑料袋，且卓有成效。柯学东对此进行了报道。
China has pledged to ban ultra-thin plastic bags from June. Ke
Xuedongfinds that a town in Yunnan province struck its first blow against the bags five years ago, with impressive results.
现在，连资本家也承认石油危机是真实存在的。但是乔治•蒙比尔特称，他们的解决办法是行不通的，因为唯一的可持续生物燃料是用过的炸薯条油。答案显而易见：应降低运输燃料的消耗。
Even capitalists now admit the petroleum crisis is real. But their solutions are unworkable because the only sustainable biofuel is used chip fat, says George Monbiot.
大多分析家都视去年的气候会议为成功的典范，但是这个结论是否有点为时过早呢？喻捷指出要解决这个由来已久有关公平及发展权的问题，还远的很。
Many analysts hailed last year’s climate talks as a success, but were they too quick to judge? Jie Yu says age-old questions of equity and development rights are far from being answered.
中国和欧洲的政策制定者在"中外对话"的"变革大气候"论坛上就应对全球变暖的能源和气候安全政策进行了探讨。刘治彦,龙晓柏和伞峰解读了中国的战略。
chinadialogue’s "Changing climates" forum brought together policy makers from China and Europe to discuss energy and climate security on a warming planet. Here, Liu Zhiyan, Long Xiaobo and Feng San explain China’s responses.
气候变化会使印度在错误的地方出现不适当的降雨。无数生灵在被洪水吞噬的同时，河流和土壤因旱灾而被吸干，特里•斯莱文和马利尼•梅赫拉写道。
Climate change will bring India the wrong rain in the wrong places. Fierce flooding will ruin lives, while India’s rivers and soil are sucked dry by drought, write Terry Slavin and Malini Mehra.
欧洲在抗击全球变暖的战斗中一直被誉为领袖，不过其政策真的足以防止灾难发生吗？詹妮弗•摩根对欧盟最新的气候政策建议进行了评价。
Europe has been hailed as a leader in the fight against global warming, but are its policies really enough to prevent catastrophe? Jennifer Morgan assesses the EU’s recent policy proposals.
奥林匹克运动会期间，北京的清洁饮水战略是什么呢？付钱给郊区农民来“种”水。凯瑟琳•埃利森探讨了中国找回已失去的珍贵自然资源的新希望。
Beijing’s strategy for clean water during the Olympics? Pay rural farmers to “grow” it. Katherine Ellison explores China’s new hope for conserving the precious natural resources it has left.
约翰•格雷认为，地球人口越来越多，关于化石燃料和风力发电厂的认真争论根本没有切中要点。只有我们害怕的科技才能拯救我们了。
With an increasing global population, the earnest debate over the merit of biofuels and wind farms misses the point, argues John Gray. It is the technologies we fear that will be our salvation.
30年前暴雪曾肆虐北美，如今中国又遭雪灾袭击。关于复原和发展，这两场雪灾能告诉我们什么呢？熊蕾期望从中找到答案。
Snow chaos hit China 30 years after the northern US suffered the effects of a great blizzard. Lei Xiong looks for the lessons both can teach us about resilience and development.
近来中国南部因雪灾而遭受了巨大的损失。气候学家警告说，极端气候将变得更加频繁。在这样的形势下，唐昊指出，中国需强化应对自然灾害的能力。
Heavy snow brought havoc to south China in recent weeks, and climate scientists say extreme weather will become more frequent. The country needs to improve its ability to withstand disaster, writes Tang Hao.
专家称美国应对从中国进口的产品加强监管，狗粮及药物仍是重点领域。
America needs tougher regulation of products it imports from China, say experts, with dog food and pharmaceuticals remaining areas of concern
通过对藏羚羊基因组的研究，科学家揭开了这种可以在高海拔平原地区高速奔跑的濒危动物的奥秘。
Scientists have mapped the genome of China's much-loved but endangered Tibetan antelope, able to gallop across high-altitude plains at high speed
至年初官方严打危害食品安全犯罪起，已有900余人因生产销售假肉而被捕，其中更有甚者以老鼠肉冒充羊肉。
After more than 900 arrests over the selling of fake meat, including rat as mutton, officials face an uphill battle to change a fraudulent culture
印度农业遭遇危机，农民自杀事件接连发生，兰詹娜•帕迪的新作《遗孀》讲述了这一背景下妇女的艰难处境。
Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women
短评 in brief
如果人类不能消除对生态和地球系统的无知，世界将会怎样？卡斯帕•亨德森认为，弗雷德•古特尔的《物种的命运》一书对最坏的情形进行了令人惊心的概述。
The Fate of the Species by Fred Guterl is a bracing overview of the worst that can happen if humans do not overcome their ecological and Earth-systems illiteracy, writes Caspar Henderson.
