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  <title>The Greening of Asia: Author Interview - Mark Clifford</title>
  <description>In the months leading up to the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, China began making a series of pledges to overhaul its environmental and energy policies. To curb emissions, it announced the creation of a cap-and-trade program, restrictions on domestic coal production, and investment in renewable energy. At the Paris conference, China&amp;amp;rsquo;s top climate negotiator expressed&amp;amp;nbsp;confidence in the measures and policies China was putting into place.&#13;
However, questions remain whether China&amp;amp;rsquo;s new approaches will be sufficient to curb global climate change. Despite being the world&amp;amp;rsquo;s largest investor in green energy, China is still the world&amp;amp;rsquo;s largest producer of greenhouses gases. Furthermore, recent allegations that China has been underreporting carbon emissions have cast doubt on China&amp;amp;rsquo;s ability to meet its international environmental commitments.&#13;
On April 5, 2016 at the National Committee&amp;amp;rsquo;s New York offices,&amp;amp;nbsp;Mark L. Clifford,&amp;amp;nbsp;author of&amp;amp;nbsp;The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia&amp;amp;rsquo;s Environmental Emergency, discussed his latest research with National Committee President Stephen Orlins.&#13;
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Mark L. Clifford is the Hong Kong-based executive director of the Asia Business Council.&amp;amp;nbsp;Previously he was editor-in-chief of the&amp;amp;nbsp;South China Morning Post, publisher and editor-in-chief of&amp;amp;nbsp;The Standard,&amp;amp;nbsp;and the Asia regional editor for&amp;amp;nbsp;BusinessWeek.&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.</description>
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