Chinese could teach Canada a few lessons about Kyoto
I’ve got a story in today’s Toronto Star about how the Chinese, while not required to reduce emissions under the first phase of Kyoto, have in many ways been more progressive in terms of climate change and pollution policy compared to western developed countries, including Canada. The story is anchored by an interview with Canadian environmentalist, businessman and UN powerbroker Maurice Strong, a controversial figure but at the same time an influential man who is spending his time in Beijing these days advising Chinese government and industry on economic sustainability.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca