Convergence or divergence?: Status and prospects for US climate strategy

The objective of this paper is to assess recent developments and prospects for future changes in United States (US) climate strategy. In doing so, the paper explores some of the key factors that have shaped strategies and policies to date, distinguishing between factors related to institutional and governance structures, linkages between science and policy, energy technology and the role of interest groups. Against this background, the paper attempts to explore future development paths for US climate policy. More specifically, the paper assesses opportunities for policy changes compared to the preferences of the current administration, and the prospects for future linkages between US and international climate change strategies. In brief, the paper argues that substantial changes are unlikely to take place in the near to medium term, leaving open, however, the possibility of wide-ranging changes in domestic politics or major incidents that could facilitate a shift in the perceived need for near-term action.     

Windows下独立运行的嵌入式交叉编译器

为支持Windows系统上的嵌入式仿真平台,必须提供一个强有力的运行于Windows系统的嵌入式交叉编译器。GCC（GNU Complier Collections）具有可扩展性和高可移植性,所以移植GCC会是一个很好的选择。从嵌入式交叉编译器的概念和结构出发,分析构造Windows平台下独立运行的嵌入式交叉编译器的方法,并用一个对GCC的移植实例对上述分析做了验证,还对测试方法做了探讨。     

Developing adaptive capacity for responding to environmental change in the Arab Gulf States: Uncertainties to linking ecosystem conservation, sustainable development and society in authoritarian rentier economies

The recent assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has emphasized that understanding the institutional context in which policies are made and implemented is critical to define sustainable development paths from a climate change perspective. Nevertheless, while the importance of social, political and cultural factors is getting more recognition in some parts of the world, little is known about the human dimensions or the contexts in which they operate in the affluent oil economies of the Arabian Peninsula. Policies that implicitly subsidize or support a wasteful and environmentally destructive use of resources are still pervasive, while noteworthy environmental improvements still face formidable political and institutional constraints to the adaptation of the necessary far reaching and multisectoral approach. The principal aim of this paper is to identify some of the major shortcomings within the special context of the Arab Gulf states' socio-cultural environment in support of appropriate development pathways. Conclusions highlight that past and current policy recommendations for mitigating environmental threats are likely to be ineffective. This is because they are based on the unverified assumption that Western-derived standards of conduct, specifically the normative concept of ”good governance” and ”democracy”, will be adopted in non-Western politico-cultural contexts.     

海合会国家旅游业及中国西部开发其旅游客源问题探讨

海合会6国经济发达,人均国民产值和可支配收入居世界前列,出国旅游高速增长。6国旅游资源以沙漠、海洋和伊斯兰文化遗产、阿拉伯风情为特色。中国西部地区旅游资源不仅丰富,而且有大量海合会国家没有的精品旅游产品,对海合会国家游客有很强的吸引力。在自然环境、宗教文化等方面中国西部与六国还具有很强的相似性和连带性,公民在宗教信仰上具有共同点。因此,中国西部地区有着开发海合会国家旅游客源的条件,开拓海合会6国旅游市场,吸引海合会国家客源,对于中国西部地区的经济和旅游业发展具有重要意义。