China’s Entrepreneurs Are Ready, But Is Their Government?
source: http://solveclimate.com/blog/20091212/china-s-entrepreneurs-are-ready-their-government
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It is a human rights issue. It is a development issue. It is more than only an environment issue. This is China’s view of climate change, as explained by He Yafei, China’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs.
One phrase that has been reiterated uniformly from the Chinese and the G77 is that developed countries have a “historical responsibility” to help developing countries adapt to and mitigate climate change through financial mechanisms and technology transfer. But demands for technology transfer, especially when they run into private intellectual property rights, have made or broken many a treaty.
“Technology transfer should not be used as an excuse for them [developed countries] not to deliver on their promise,” China's He said as the first week of international climate talks wrapped up in Copenhagen.
“Intellectual property rights, its protection has been improved for it in developing countries including China. ... But that doesn’t give developed countries any reason to do less than what they have committed in terms of technology transfer.”
Regardless of the Chinese government’s stance, the Chinese entrepreneurs of the Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology (SEE) are poised to develop and transfer climate adaptation technology themselves. ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20091212/china-s-entrepreneurs-are-ready-their-gove...
One phrase that has been reiterated uniformly from the Chinese and the G77 is that developed countries have a “historical responsibility” to help developing countries adapt to and mitigate climate change through financial mechanisms and technology transfer. But demands for technology transfer, especially when they run into private intellectual property rights, have made or broken many a treaty.
“Technology transfer should not be used as an excuse for them [developed countries] not to deliver on their promise,” China's He said as the first week of international climate talks wrapped up in Copenhagen.
“Intellectual property rights, its protection has been improved for it in developing countries including China. ... But that doesn’t give developed countries any reason to do less than what they have committed in terms of technology transfer.”
Regardless of the Chinese government’s stance, the Chinese entrepreneurs of the Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology (SEE) are poised to develop and transfer climate adaptation technology themselves. ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20091212/china-s-entrepreneurs-are-ready-their-gove...
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