Foreign wind turbine manufacturers have cried foul over Chinese rules governing the source and specification of new wind power projects. But Beijing says new projects funded by its economic stimulus package are counted as government procurement, and as such must be awarded to local firms. Read the Bridges Trade BioRes report at http://ictsd.net/i/news/biores/48714/.
Leading climate change law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has written an article summarizing the latest climate change negotiation texts released by the UN, together with a review of China’s COP15 position paper published last week.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a congressional delegation to China this week, to find common ground ahead of the COP15 climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Full story from TheHill.com here.
Enel's head of carbon strategy Giuseppe Deodati, has defended the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Enel's involvement with controversial industrial gas projects such as HFC-23 reduction, reports Reuters: U.N. carbon market a success despite criticism: Enel
