棉花是中国水土流失和水资源浪费的首要因素，而中国又是世界上棉花最主要的生产国，西方买家能够帮助改善此作物可怕的环保记录吗？
Cotton farms consume water and damage soil on a huge scale in China, the world’s largest producer. Can western clothing chains help improve the crop’s dire environmental record?
欧盟委员会公布其对联合国气候协议的贡献计划，评论指出欧盟的减排目标应再增加 40％
The European Commission publishes its proposals for a future UN climate deal, but the bloc should improve its offer of 40% cut, say commentators
最新报告表明，为防止气候变化失控，中国企业将不得不做更多
Chinese companies will have to do much more if China is to help prevent runaway climate change, says a new report
今日的主要新闻包括：中国太阳能发电量实现飞跃 - 城市化的中国是否能够养活自己? - 深圳警察因濒危娃娃鱼盛宴被捕
Today's round-up includes: Big leap in China solar capacity last year - Can rapidly-urbanising China feed itself? - Shenzhen police busted for feasting on endangered giant salamander
联合国气候变化谈判上周在日内瓦商定了冗长的草案文本，这意味着谈判在未来数月将转移到更加困难的阶段
UN climate talks in Geneva last week agreed on a weighty draft text, meaning negotiations will move to much tougher phase in coming months
中国一项最新研究表明，在2013年31个大城市中，有近26万人早死于空气污染，这一数字可能跟吸烟致死人数相当。
A new study of 31 Chinese cites says 260,000 premature deaths are linked to air pollution, nearly the same figure as fatalities from smoking
严峻的缺水问题，冬奥会的赛事又完全依赖人造雪，即便这样，也未能阻挡北京申办冬奥的决心。
Undaunted by water shortages, Beijing is bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on manmade snow
环保部最新报告显示，来自河北的污染仍盘踞在北京的上空，首都市长则警告称北京已“不适宜居住”。
Curbs on coal use in Hebei have done little to improve chronic air quality in neighbouring Beijing, where noxious pollution has made the city “unliveable,” according to the capital's mayor
奥巴马与印度总理莫迪的会面未能达成美印间的气候协议，印度在气候变化行动上仍持谨慎态度。
Last week's Obama-Modi summit failed to deliver a bilateral climate agreement, as India maintained a characteristically cautious approach, but progress was made on solar technology and phasing out potent HFC gases
陈吉宁若出任新环保部长，他将一项艰巨的任务，即重振政府的环保声誉。
Chen Jining, the head of a top Beijing University, faces a tough task to repair the government's environmental reputation if reports of his appointment as minister are confirmed
因欧盟要求气候协议须有法律约束力，
The EU has set the bar high for a future climate treaty by asking for it to be legally binding, a move sure to be resisted by China and US
诺贝尔经济学奖得主拉金德拉·帕乔里在性骚扰指控后辞去政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)主任头衔
Nobel laureate Rajendra Pachauri resigns as IPCC head after allegations of sexual harassment
著名气候学家指出森林砍伐是造成巴西干旱的罪魁祸首，而越来越愤怒的公众指责政府和自来水公司应承担责任
Leading climate scientist says deforestation is the main culprit for Brazil’s drought, while an increasingly angry public blames government and water companies for the crisis
棉花是中国水土流失和水资源浪费的首要因素，而中国又是世界上棉花最主要的生产国，西方买家能够帮助改善此作物可怕的环保记录吗？
Cotton farms consume water and damage soil on a huge scale in China, the world’s largest producer. Can western clothing chains help improve the crop’s dire environmental record?
中非交往是市场经济体制在世界范围内传播扩张的必然，唐晓阳在书中预测，高能耗、高污染的制造企业有可能从中国转移至非洲。
China’s extraction of African resources is an inevitable part of the spread of global supply chains, says scholar Tang Xiaoyang, warning that energy-hungry sectors will soon shift to Africa
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.
