http://greenleapforward.com/2008/11/05/david-tyfield-part-2-of-2-middle-class-aspirations-and-ip-protection-in-china/ Tracking the emerging technological, commercial, political and social revolution that is greening China's red-hot economy. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:19:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://greenleapforward.com/2008/11/05/david-tyfield-part-2-of-2-middle-class-aspirations-and-ip-protection-in-china/#comment-5549 The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » China to Hold Firm on Climate Change Policy Position Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:31:37 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=136#comment-5549 [...] A transcript of Dr. Tyfield’s presentation will be posted next week on this blog (here and here).  Watch out for a flurry of climate change policy developments over the final months of this year [...] [...] A transcript of Dr. Tyfield’s presentation will be posted next week on this blog (here and here).  Watch out for a flurry of climate change policy developments over the final months of this year [...]

]]> http://greenleapforward.com/2008/11/05/david-tyfield-part-2-of-2-middle-class-aspirations-and-ip-protection-in-china/#comment-2205 David Tyfield Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:59:24 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=136#comment-2205 NK - thanks for your question. I must admit I have not heard these rumours, but if it is true, then that will be a very important signal of the seriousness with which the new Obama administration will be treating climate change as it is the response of China that has been the single biggest hurdle (or excuse) for American inaction to date. In fact, there has been a lot of speculation about movement towards greater concessions in the Chinese position recently. For instance, in the run-up to the recent High-Level Meeting co-hosted with the UN in Beijing on technology transfer, there were rumours of the Chinese government accepting emission caps or targets in specific sectors. As it turned out, none of these came to light at the meeting, which was marked instead by Wen Jiabao's explicit call for a technology transfer fund - i.e. more of the same. But it is just possible that there is movement going on behind the scenes while maintaining an uncompromising stance for the public eye in order to preserve China's trump cards for the actual negotiations. If there is a real show of bona fides from the new US government too, this could ease such changes in Chinese policy considerably. NK - thanks for your question.
I must admit I have not heard these rumours, but if it is true, then that will be a very important signal of the seriousness with which the new Obama administration will be treating climate change as it is the response of China that has been the single biggest hurdle (or excuse) for American inaction to date.
In fact, there has been a lot of speculation about movement towards greater concessions in the Chinese position recently. For instance, in the run-up to the recent High-Level Meeting co-hosted with the UN in Beijing on technology transfer, there were rumours of the Chinese government accepting emission caps or targets in specific sectors. As it turned out, none of these came to light at the meeting, which was marked instead by Wen Jiabao’s explicit call for a technology transfer fund - i.e. more of the same. But it is just possible that there is movement going on behind the scenes while maintaining an uncompromising stance for the public eye in order to preserve China’s trump cards for the actual negotiations. If there is a real show of bona fides from the new US government too, this could ease such changes in Chinese policy considerably.

]]> http://greenleapforward.com/2008/11/05/david-tyfield-part-2-of-2-middle-class-aspirations-and-ip-protection-in-china/#comment-1652 NK Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:29:27 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=136#comment-1652 David - I am interested to hear your view of the impact the US election result will have on Chinese Climate Change policy? Rumour has it that Obama's first oversea's visit will be to China. David - I am interested to hear your view of the impact the US election result will have on Chinese Climate Change policy? Rumour has it that Obama’s first oversea’s visit will be to China.

]]> http://greenleapforward.com/2008/11/05/david-tyfield-part-2-of-2-middle-class-aspirations-and-ip-protection-in-china/#comment-1649 The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » Blog Archive » David Tyfield [Part 1 of 2]: Low Carbon Innovation in China Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:12:35 +0000 http://greenleapforward.com/?p=136#comment-1649 [...] « China to Hold Firm on Climate Change Policy Position David Tyfield [Part 2 of 2]: Middle-Class Aspirations and IP Protection in China [...] [...] « China to Hold Firm on Climate Change Policy Position David Tyfield [Part 2 of 2]: Middle-Class Aspirations and IP Protection in China [...]

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