第十三届中国青年女科学家奖在京揭晓

<正>2017年2月28日,由中华全国妇女联合会、中国科学技术协会、中国联合国教科文组织全国委员会及欧莱雅中国共同宣布,授予十位年轻女科技工作者第十三届中国青年女科学家奖称号,以表彰她们在数学、物理、医学等多个领域取得的卓     

美在科学中绽放—环保巾帼荣获第十届“中国青年女科学家奖”

<正>当今世界,人类面临着诸多挑战,从环境污染到能源短缺,从人口膨胀到健康问题,种种危机和困难的解决,都离不开科学的研究和突破。借助科学的力量来提高人类生存质量、创造更加和谐美好的生活环境,是广大科研人员毅然投身科学事业的终极目标。为了实现这一目标和愿景,我们应当充分挖掘科学的力量。其中,女性科研人员的聪明才智不容忽视,并且需要得到更多的关注。在科学领域,虽然女性科学家的队     

“中国青年女科学家奖”评选揭晓3位生态环境专家获奖

正第十届"中国青年女科学家奖"颁奖仪式日前在北京举行,来自全国的10位青年女科学家获此殊荣,其中3位是生态环境领域的科学家.她们是北京大学物理学院大气与海洋科学系研究员孟智勇、北京林业大学材料科学与技术学院教授许凤和云南大学生命科学学院副院长于黎.     

水系治理,生生不息——访第十一届中国青年女科学家奖获得者李永平

<正>"君不见黄河之水天上来,奔流到海不复回",当岁月辗转过千年,曾经书写了历史浮沉、见证过文化沧桑的江河,如今却因面临着污染侵蚀、生态破坏而岌岌可危——如何把不息的生命交还给河流,这就是华北电力大学资源与环境研究院教授李永平不辍钻研的课题。2015年1月16日,由中华全国妇女联合会、中国科学技术协会、中国联合国教科文组织全国委员会及欧莱雅中国共同主办的第十一届中国青年女科学家奖颁奖典礼在京隆重举行。突破十一载积淀,依托     

“世界因科学而美丽,科学因女性而绽放”——第十二届“中国青年女科学家奖”

正工业时代以来,经济的迅猛发展和粗放的生产方式,造成了生态环境的衰退和破坏。受到污染的环境反作用于人类身上,危害人类的健康。环境保护要两手抓:既要源头防范,又要末端改善。而且两手都要硬,而硬的实现,必须通过科学技术的不断进步来实现。历史遗留问题,需要通过科技手段改善和恢复。正如环境污染所造成人类癌症发生率的提高,就需要科     

第2届“国际青年能源与气候变化峰会”在世博园区开幕

7月12日,第2届“国际青年能源与气候变化峰会”在上海世博园联合国馆拉开帷幕。会议主题为“低碳理想&#183;青年起航”。开幕式上,联合国环境规划署（UNEP）区域合作司副司长王之佳先生、上海市政协周汉民副主席致辞。本届峰会吸引了超过200名国内外关注气候变化,并有志于低碳产业和环保事业的青年人参加。     

“第四届基础教育改革与发展论坛”征文获奖者名单

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开创气候变化科学的“中国学”研究

近期中央正式公布了于十七届五中全会上通过的《关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十二个五年规划的建议》,其中极为关注在新形势下＂积极应对全球气候变化＂的重要意义,解读该部分文本内容,可以看到,＂应对气候变化＂已经成为当前＂加快建设资源节约型、环境友好型社会＂的首要抓手,     

关注气候变化：新形势，新选择——第四届环境与发展中国（国际）论坛侧记

2008年10月18-19日，以“关注气候变化、推进节能减排、防治大气污染、促进国际合作”为主题的第四届环境与发展中国（国际）论坛在北京隆重召开。环境保护部部长周生贤做了题为《让中国人的呼吸更加甜美——北京奥运会给我们的启示》的主旨报告。报告指出，北京奥运会的环境质量保证工作，为发展中国家的大气污染防治提供了一个值得研究和借鉴的案例。     

《中国环境科学》刊发的论文获“马塔切纳青年优秀论文奖”

经中国环境科学学会推荐,《中国环境科学》2006年第5期发表的侯彦峰等人的文章"定量RT-PCR检测雌二醇诱导的青鳉鱼基因表达",2007年第5期发表的程书波等人的文章"上海市地表灰尘中PAHs的来源辨析"及     

中国在气候变化谈判中的新角色

2012年6月20-22日在里约热内卢召开的联合国可持续发展大会(简称"里约+20"峰会)把"可持续发展和消除贫困背景下的绿色经济"和"促进可持续发展的机制框架"作为两大主题,将"评估可持续发展取得的进展、存在的差距"、"积极应对新问题、新挑战"和"做出新的政治承诺"作为三大目标。一年多的谈     

Learning settings to face climate change

Meeting the manifold challenges connected to climate change makes high demands on individual competencies. To prepare actors for those challenges learning settings are needed in higher education that are suitable for that goal. A theoretical framework for relevant key competencies can be found in the discourse of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). In this paper we introduce and discuss two learning settings that employ adapted sustainability science approaches: the syndrome approach and scenario analysis. Both approaches are discussed with reference to their didactic goals to foster the acquisition of the corresponding competencies. The usefulness of these two approaches in creating appropriate learning settings is demonstrated in empirical studies.     

Agricultural adaptation to climate change in China

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Defining response capacity to enhance climate change policy

Climate change adaptation and mitigation decisions made by governments are usually taken in different policy domains. At the individual level however, adaptation and mitigation activities are undertaken together as part of the management of risk and resources. We propose that a useful starting point to develop a national climate policy is to understand what societal response might mean in practice. First we frame the set of responses at the national policy level as a trade off between investment in the development and diffusion of new technology, and investment in encouraging and enabling society to change its behaviour and or adopt the new technology. We argue that these are the pertinent trade-offs, rather than those usually posited between climate change mitigation and adaptation. The preference for a policy response that focuses more on technological innovation rather than one that focuses on changing social behaviour will be influenced by the capacity of different societies to change their greenhouse gas emissions; by perceived vulnerability to climate impacts; and by capacity to modify social behaviour and physical environment. Starting with this complete vision of response options should enable policy makers to re-evaluate the risk environment and the set of response options available to them. From here, policy makers should consider who is responsible for making climate response decisions and when actions should be taken. Institutional arrangements dictate social and political acceptability of different policies, they structure worldviews, and they determine the provision of resources for investment in technological innovation and social change. The importance of focussing on the timing of the response is emphasised to maximise the potential for adjustments through social learning and institutional change at different policy scales. We argue that the ability to respond to climate change is both enabled and constrained by social and technological conditions. The ability of society to respond to climate change and the need for technological change for both decarbonisation and for dealing with surprise in general, are central to concepts of sustainable development.     

Adapting to climate change: reducing water-related risks in Europe – EU policy and research considerations

Climate change impacts on the hydrological cycle, e.g. leading to changes of precipitation patterns, have been observed over several decades. Higher water temperatures and changes in extremes hydrometeorological events (including floods and droughts) are likely to exacerbate different types of pressures on water resources with possible negative impacts on ecosystems and human health. In addition, sea-level rise is expected to extend areas of salinisation of groundwater and estuaries, resulting in a decrease of freshwater availability for humans and ecosystems in coastal areas. Furthermore, climate-related changes in water quantity and quality are expected to affect food availability, water access and utilisation, especially in arid and semi-arid areas, as well as the operation of water infrastructure (e.g. hydropower, flood defences, and irrigation systems). This paper serves as an introduction to the special issue of Environment Science & Policy dealing with climate change impacts on water-related disasters. It provides a brief background about relevant EU water policies and examples of EU-funded research trends which illustrate on-going efforts to improve understanding and modelling of climate changes related to the hydrological cycles at scales that are relevant to decision making (possibly linked to policy).     

Using expert elicitation to define successful adaptation to climate change

This paper develops definitions of adaptation and successful adaptation to climate change, with a view to evaluating adaptations. There is little consensus on the definition of adapting to climate change in existing debates or on the criteria by which adaptation actions can be deemed successful or sustainable. In this paper, a variant of the Delphi technique is used to elicit expert opinion on a definition of successful adaptation to climate change. Through an iterative process, expert respondents coalesced around a definition based on risk and vulnerability and agreed that a transparent and acceptable definition should reflect impacts on sustainability. According to the final definition, agreed by the Delphi panel, successful adaptation is any adjustment that reduces the risks associated with climate change, or vulnerability to climate change impacts, to a predetermined level, without compromising economic, social, and environmental sustainability.     

Air quality and climate change: Designing new win-win policies for Europe

Anthropogenic activities are responsible for the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants that modify atmospheric composition. Such changes are, in turn, responsible for the degradation of air quality at the regional/local scale as well as for changes of climate. Air pollution and climate change are two intimately connected environmental issues. However, these two environmental challenges are still viewed as separate issues, which are dealt with by different science communities and within different policy frameworks. Indeed, many mitigation options offer the possibility to both improve air quality and mitigate climate change but, at the same time, mitigation options that may provide benefits to one aspect, are worsening the situation in the other. Therefore, coordinated actions taking into account the air quality-climate linkages are required. These actions need to be based on strong scientific grounds, as recognised by the European Commission that in the past few years has promoted consultation processes among the science community, the policy makers and the relevant stakeholders. Here, the main fields in which such coordinated actions are needed are examined from a policy perspective.