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THE SESSION
CHINA’S CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL GAME CHANGER: LESSONS FOR THE REST?
China's leadership is now shifting from hyper growth at the environment's expense, to a new paradigm of growth built on renewable and efficient energy and water conservation systems. “Toward Constructing Ecological Civilization" is the policy game changer adopted by Central Committee of the Communist Party and State Council on April 25th 2015. It juxtaposes China’s newfound values
- f conservation against values of overconsumption, attempting to position the “China Dream” on an environmentally sound moral
ground. With this arises a new global consensus of environmental economics. In a critical election year, can America catch up?
THE SPEAKERS:
- Mr. Laurence Brahm, Lawyer and former advisor to the Chinese Ministry of the Protection of the Environment (USA)
- Mrs. Céline Cousteau, Member of the World Economic Forum Council on Oceans, Filmmaker, Explorer, Spokesperson (France)
- Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of the Republic of Iceland (Iceland)
- Mrs. Christine Milne, Global Green Ambassador, former Leader of Australian Greens and Senator for Tasmania (Australia)
- Mrs. Jill Stein, Green Party’s 2016 candidate for president of the United States (USA)
- Mr. Su Wei, Director, China's Chief Negotiator on Climate Change, Climate Change Department of National Economic Reform
Commission (China) The session will be moderated by Nathalie Bastianelli, Founder and CEO of Belong & Partners