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Garnaut scenario 'simply wrong'

July 7, 2008 - (The Australian) - ITS Global principal Alan Oxley said Professor Garnaut was wrong to suggest the problem required urgent action. "The argument has no basis - we do have the luxury of time. It's a 100-year problem," he said. "This is something we should be beginning quite gingerly." Mr Oxley, a former Australian ambassador to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, said there was no point in Australia acting faster to cut its emissions than the rest of the world.

Mongolia’s Time for Choosing

May 25, 2008 - (UB Post) - In the course of any nation’s history, there are points in time when decisions are made that set the direction for its future.  Mongolia is at one of those points now as a debate grows over mineral rights and the future of the mining sector.  Decisions are being weighed by the Mongolian Government which will determine the future prosperity of this great land.  It is imperative to get these decisions right.

The Right Way To Exploit Forests

April 12, 2008 - (Bangkok Post) - Expanded sustainably harvested forestry will produce a much better and bigger dividend for Asean economies and for the environment. But like their head-in-the-sand attitudes to nuclear power as a global warming solution, Greenpeace and WWF only want to see forestry in developing countries managed by their rules.

AP Interview: UN official says economic fears must not impede fight against global warming

April 11, 2008 - (Associated Press) - The U.S. warned last week that deep emission cuts could hurt economic growth, especially for developing nations, while a U.S.-based pro-business group, World Growth, said quick action on climate change would do more harm than good.

NGOs in Bangkok climate change talks: Market Yes, Target No for developing countries

April 3, 2008 - (Xinhua) - "No government in Asia could adopt that strategy knowing it would increase, not decrease poverty," said Alan Oxley, Chairman of World Growth, a U.S.-based pro-free-trade NGO.  The World Growth holds that the EU case is based on claims by the British official Sir Nicholas Stern that the cost to developing countries of deep cuts is low. Therefore, the EU argues that unless deep cuts are imposed soon, the poor countries will be hurt most.
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