Climate live: 2012 Petersberg climate dialogue opens in Berlin

The Climate Group are reporting that China has announced a new plan to tackle climate change. It includes ten mitigation and ten adaptation technologies as part of its 12th Five Year Plan covering 2011-2015, writes RTCC.

On the adaptation front a focus on using water more efficiently, growing plants that can deal with rapidly changing conditions and ‘Man-controlled weather manipulation technology’ (geo-engineering) stand out. In an Olympic spirit it’s worth remembering that in 2008 Chinese authorities ‘seeded’ the clouds over Beijing in an attempt to rid the city of the blanket of smog that was in danger of choking citizens and athletes alike. It worked – as did stringent laws on traffic for the two weeks.