Transparency in Environmental Protection and Climate Change in China
Thursday, April 1, 2010 – 02:00 PM to 3:30 PM
628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Panelists
Ms. Barbara Finamore, Founder and Director, China Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
Mr. David Gordon, Executive Director, Pacific Environment
Ms. Deborah Seligsohn, Senior Advisor, China Climate and Energy Program and Advisor, Climate and Energy Network, World Resources Institute
Dr. Michael Wara, Assistant Professor, Stanford University Law School
Transcript (PDF) (Text)
At this CECC Roundtable, a panel of experts examined the challenge of government transparency in environmental protection and climate change in China. China has established a comprehensive regulatory framework for environmental protection, adopted open government information measures, and developed systems to measure and report pollution and energy data. Officials now increasingly are turning attention to addressing capacity and implementation challenges associated with the accurate measurement and reporting of data at the local level. Panelists discussed these and other issues, including the role of environmental groups in monitoring developments and problems, and energy projects in China.