China and carbon trade

October 2nd, 2011 | Posted by iip in Earth - (Comments Off)

I think China will become the most powerful country in coming years, as the US and its alliances are experiencing slow-down economic rate and debt-crisis.

The powerful country roles as trend setter in world economic movement, including in carbon trade. Environmental commodities such carbon, are important measures of world action to reduce climate change effects.

A global conference on carbon trade was held in Beijing in April 1-2, 2009.  China Carbon Trade Summit 2009 responses the emerging global market of carbon trading. Reports says estimation of  global carbon trading market size will reach US$150 billion by 2012. This market potentially reach US$ 3 trillion over the next 20 years. (more…)

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Social networks foster sustainable development

September 26th, 2011 | Posted by iip in Internet - (1 Comments)

My attention on internet development finds new perspective related to sustainable development. I thought there’s a complex relation between internet and sustainable development.  People who develop internet are engineers and people who engage with sustainable development issues mostly decision makers, NGO activism and social scientists.  I guess there are limited collaboration researches  joining  both internet and sustainable development.

Then I have chance to explore Jeffery D Sachs newest book of Common Wealth: Economics for a crowded planet (2008). Sachs, according to Edward o Wilson in its foreword, has written a state of the world report of immediate and enormous practical value.

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Forest ecosystem in changing climate

August 13th, 2011 | Posted by iip in Forest - (Comments Off)

Forest ecosystem refers to forested area with its interaction within. Interaction within the forest ecosystem involves various wildlife agents, such tree, animal, and microorganism. Each agent plays its role to make the interaction works and creating function of forest.

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