云南省委副书记仇和说，云南的江水流向了国外，要应对大旱，云南必须蓄水。此论引起很大争议。杨方义、周嘉鼎认为仇和的建议仅部分应对了工程性缺水，但忽视了云南旱灾中的生态型缺水和水质性缺水。
Calls by Yunnan officials to restrict water flows to other countries overlook the ecological and water quality factors behind south-west China’s drought
韩国进出口银行（KEXIM）发行了亚洲第一支“绿色债券”，这标志着投资者对中国及其邻国的污染和气候项目的兴趣日益增长。
The first Asian “green bond”, issued by South Korea’s KEXIM Bank, signals growing investor interest in pollution and climate projects in China and its neighbours
成功摘掉“雾都”帽子的伦敦，是许多中国人心目中治理空气知耻而后勇的典型。但六十年后，伦敦的空气难达标屡遭欧盟警告，这似乎也昭示着空气治理从来不是一劳永逸的事情，也提醒着中国治理之路的漫长。
For Beijingers, London’s history offers an example of a successful fight against air pollution. But on a trip to the UK capital, Chinese journalist Feng Jie found a city still battling its demons
一项新的分析认为，中国环境法庭只顾打“苍蝇”，不去打“老虎”。
China's environmental prosecutors may be busier suing small-time rule-breakers than assembling major cases against polluters, suggests a new analysis
台湾不应该修建更多的核电站，而是应该学习大陆过去十年中的经验，大力支持可再生能源的发展。
Instead of building more nuclear power plants, Taiwan should replicate its neighbour's successful support for the renewable sector over the past decade
在宣示了多年的绿色雄心之后，BP悄无声息地卖掉了所有可再生能源资产，专注于化石燃料业务。
After years of heralding its green credentials, BP has quietly been selling off its renewable energy investments and focusing solely on fossil fuels
中国企业越来越不愿在动荡地区承包工程，开始把重点转向欧美市场。
An increasing reluctance to build in areas of instability has seen the focus of investors like Sinohydro shift to Europe and the US
全球在环境上的期望和中国所面临的现实问题是一对不可避免的矛盾，在环境外交上，双方都需要更“聪明”些。
A mismatch between global hopes and Chinese realities is inevitable unless negotiators on both sides employ smarter diplomacy
为了给秘鲁的一个采矿项目让路，中国投资商搬迁了整个城镇及其全部人口，这代表着一种处理海外投资地社区关系的新方式。
The movement of a town and its population to make way for a mining project in Peru could signal a new Chinese approach to community relations overseas
中国是众多发展中国家以很低成本获取所需投资的参照，西方国家在这一方面还有许多东西需要学习。
China is enabling developing countries to mirror its strategy of infrastructure-led development by providing the needed investment at low cost.
在过去的五年，洪水和暴风等自然灾害已造成中国近5000万人流离失所。
Natural hazards like floods and storms have forced almost 50 million people in China from their homes over past five years
行业团体警告说，如果欧盟继续推进针对中国产低价光伏板征收惩罚性关税的计划，太阳能价格将飙升，需求则会暴跌。
Solar prices will soar and demand will plummet if the EU presses ahead with tariffs on cheap PV panels from China, warn industry groups
巴西破败的公路、铁路和港口设施正在拖累其与中国的贸易
Sub-standard roads, railways and ports are putting a strain on Sino-Brazilian trade
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.
