阿什登再生能源奖旨在奖励世界各地再生能源先驱项目。山姆•吉尔采访了今年的海外项目奖得主——来自中国北部致力于改善中国农村生活的一家中国公司。
The Ashden Awards are presented to projects around the world that pioneer new approaches to sustainable energy. Sam Geall caught up with the winners of this year’s award for enterprise, a north China company who are transforming rural lives.
刘鉴强指出，世界环境日的一系列事件暴露出中国环境管理的危机。要想将这项工作做 好，环保部门需要大力支持。
A series of events on World Environment Day exposed a crisis in China’s environmental governance, argues Liu Jianqiang. To do their job properly, he says, the environment authorities need support.
气候变化迫使一个英国村庄改变了价值观，并且以过去为楷模，学习降低碳足迹。简•缪尔报道。
Climate change has forced one English village to change its values and learn from the examples of the past to lower its carbon footprint. Jane Muir reports.
卡米拉•图尔敏指出，环境退化在众多世界性问题中处于核心地位，亟待我们注意，G8国家正在计划的一项研究应该针对这一问题，否则，它就会折戟沉沙。
A study planned by the G8 nations could focus much-needed attention on the environmental degradation at the core of so many of the world's problems. Or it could sink like a stone, writes Camilla Toulmin.
中国自1993年开始实施虎类产品买卖的禁令，及时避免了野生老虎灭绝的可能性。但是现在这一大型猫科动物的生存繁殖再临困境，冯永峰试问政府会采取什么样的措施来帮助老虎再次渡过难关。
China prohibited the sale of tiger products in 1993, pulling the big cat back from possible extinction in the wild. But with the breeders now going out of business, Feng
Yongfengasks how government can support the tigers.
最近G8的领导人许诺为非洲提供600亿美元用来抗击疾病。古德温•恩娜娜写到，这是值得称赞的，但是他们错过了一个机会。如果G8希望表达与非洲真正的伙伴关系，他们应该抗击气候变化。
The G8 leaders recently pledged US$60 billion to fight disease in Africa. This is laudable, writes Godwin Nnanna, but they missed an opportunity. If the G8 want to show real partnership with Africa, they should be fighting climate change.
今年7月7日，“Live Earth”摇滚音乐会将在全球七大洲举行。这个活动的目的是为了提高对全球变暖的认识，但音乐真的就能改变世界吗？丹•汉考克斯采访了“Live Earth”官方发言人约瑟夫•罗伯。
On July 7, the Live Earth rock concerts will be held on all seven continents. They aim to promote awareness of global warming, but can music really change the world? Dan Hancox talks to their official spokesman.
在杀戮和胁迫下，哥伦比亚农民被迫逃离了被武装分子抢走的土地。民兵的目的是从高利润的、合法的棕榈油业获利。奥利弗•巴赫和罗里 •卡罗尔报道。
Colombian peasants have fled armed groups seizing land in a campaign of killing and intimidation. The paramilitaries aim to profit from lucrative – and legal -- oil-palm plantations, write Oliver Balch and Rory Carroll.
中国每年要消耗47亿只鸡，这其中大多数的鸡都来自层架式饲养农场。但是这对鸡和人类的健康会造成什么样的后果呢？蒋高明与唐爱民调查了中国家禽业不为人知的故事。
China consumes 4.7 billion chickens a year, most of them raised in battery farms. But what are the health consequences for birds and humans? Jiang Gaoming and Tang Aimin investigate the shady underbelly of China’s poultry industry.
徐州江苏省的葛博向我们报道，东部农民焚烧麦秸致使烟雾弥漫，浓烟遮天。
Crop fires in east China are clogging the air with smoke as farmers burn off the remains of the wheat harvest. Bo Ge sent us this report from the city of Xuzhou, in Jiangsu province.
尽管中国在国际谈判中言辞保守，在减排行动上却长足进步。国际谈判实际促进了中国减排。李硕认为，保持气候谈判中来之不易的自上而下法律框架至关重要。
Top-down, rule-based structure of UN climate negotiations is crucial in pushing China to make progress on cutting carbon emissions, argues Li Shuo from Greenpeace
在中外对话和伦敦大学亚非学院联合举办的讲座上，公众与环境研究中心主任马军就环境信息透明度与听众们进行了讨论。
Award-winning environmentalist Ma Jun talks about his quest for transparency at a recent event organised by chinadialogue
依照中国国家发展和改革委员会宣布的计划，深圳——中国第一个碳排放权交易试点城市，要在“十二五”期间将碳排放量减少21％。
The city of Shenzhen will reduce carbon emissions by 21% over a five-year period under plans announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
诗人及生态环境保护者露丝·帕德尔分享了五本探索我们与动物和自然环境关系的重要著作。
The poet and conservationist shares five key books that explore our relationship with animals and our natural surroundings.
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.
