New thinking on climate change urged
A new development paradigm that is more concern on ecological quality of economic growth should be urgently explored by Asian leaders to minimise the damages from climate change, said Han Seungsoo, United Nations’ Special Envoy for Climate Change.
In his keynote speech delivering at the international conference on Asia’s Emerging Response to Climate change, hosted by The Nation and Krungthep Turakij on Friday, Han said Asian countries have to shift from the old paradigm of “quantitative growth” to the new paradigm of “qualitative growth”.
The shift of paradigm, he said, is a fundamental of the “two birds with one stone” strategy that is to grow fast and at the same time to reduce the green house gases emission.
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