The international fight on climate change is a contest for economic development space, Chinaโs chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua said recently.
Xie, who is also Chinaโs vice-minister for the National Development and Reform commission, said:
โCountries with low-carbon industries will have a developmental advantage. Some people believe this is a global competition as significant as the space race in the cold war. โ
This, woefully, is a message lost on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is fighting to keep Canada โan emerging energy superpowerโ devoted to one of the most carbon-intensive energy industries on earth.
Hmmm? I wonder whoโs going to come out ahead here?
