This is one of the key conclusions from a new report authored by SEI researchers Karl Hallding, Guoyi Han and Marie Olsson.
The report, entitled A Balancing Act: China’s Role in Climate Change was, like Sea Change: US Climate Policy Prospects under the Obama Administration, prepared for the Swedish Commission on Sustainable Development and presented during a seminar in April 2009. The two reports together present a comprehensive picture of the decisive roles China and the United States will come to play in Copenhagen in December 2009.
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