Jun 20, 2019
With the U.S. announcing its intention to withdraw from the
Paris Agreement and China now embracing the concept of global
climate governance, it’s easy to forget that 20 years ago,
discussion of climate change in China was almost nonexistent. One
person particularly well-placed to reflect on China’s
transformation into a purported environmental hero is Barbara
Finamore, founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s China
Program and author of the book Will China Save the
Planet?. Although China has certainly come a long way from the
days when NRDC first started sharing its experience on energy
efficiency and “negawatts” in the 1990’s, it is still a land of
contradictions. We sat down with Barbara to explore China’s ongoing
battle to fundamentally transform its economy in order to protect
public health and reduce emissions, and the challenges it faces
both domestically and globally.
You can check out Barbara’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Will-Ch