CSCCC MEMBER LIBERTY INSTITUTE COMMENTS ON INDIA'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN

Press Release - 01/07/08

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2008 Chinese Launch - The Civil Society Report on Climate Change
Beijing, 9 June 2008

The Chinese version of the CSCCC report was launched at Renmin University, Beijing, with scholars, government officials and many others attending. The seminar “Climate Change: Central Planning or Market Solution” was moderated by Professor Mao Shoulong, Executive Director of the Public Policy Academia of Renmin University.

The report was officially launched by:

An interview with Julian Morris is due to published in the next edition of the Economic Observation Weekly. The CSCCC’s Chinese partners will continue to be active within the debate – CIPA will notably launch a policy dialogue as a follow-up from the conference later this month.

Seminar agenda available in English or Chinese.

For news on the Indian launch of the CSCCC Report, click here.

 

NEWS UPDATE

"One reason is that there's no driver at the wheel," said one expert. "The European Union has been providing the political impetus but is now bogged down in negotiations on agreeing its own climate and energy package. And the United States is locked into the presidential election campaign."
"Oil shock helps put global warming on G8's back burner"
, Economic Times, 01/07/08


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "Our people have a right to economic and social development and to discard the ignominy of widespread poverty."
"India unveils climate change plan", BBC News, 30/06/08




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