As the world searches for climate solutions, the Bee God Tree on Jingmai Mountain in Yunnan Province provides the most poetic response. This ancient tree, planted 1,000 years ago, has now grown into a towering bridge connecting tradition and modernity, the local and the global. 

From the perspective of global climate change, this ancient tree in the mountainous region of southwest China reminds us that addressing this issue could begin with act of guarding a single tree, a swarm of bees, or a stretch of tea forest.