My story for China Daily on 22 December 2021
COP 26 finally shakes the trees By HANS FRIEDERICH | China Daily | Updated: 2021-12-22 08:08 JIN DING/CHINA DAILY Multispecies afforestation is an imperative need to reduce carbon dioxide and…
COP 26 finally shakes the trees By HANS FRIEDERICH | China Daily | Updated: 2021-12-22 08:08 JIN DING/CHINA DAILY Multispecies afforestation is an imperative need to reduce carbon dioxide and…
In December 2017, INBAR was officially confirmed as Observer to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Assembly normally meets in September, and I attended the High-Level segment of UNGA…
This year’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) took place in Beijing, China. The event, hosted by President Xi Jinping brought together delegations from Africa and China led by their Heads…
Happy New Year from the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation Last weekend, I attended the China Council for International Cooperation for Environment and Development (CCICED) as delegate and international Member….
Greening “One Belt – One Road” with bamboo and rattan This morning, I attended the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Annual General Meeting for a…
Last week I was in Korea, where I attended the last two days of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This meeting…
I lived in Vietnam from 1994 to 2000, and visited several times until 2004, when I moved to Switzerland. I have not been back since, and all-of-a-sudden found myself back…
It may not be front page news, but next year there will be a major shift in the management of two of the world’s largest environmental organisations. What will…
Reading about the smog in Singapore, and listening to the recent debates makes me wonder. The world seemed to treat this disaster as an unexpected happening, and urgent political discussions…
The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda today released “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development,” a report which sets out a universal…
