What will the Summit mean for development and sustainability?
The day before the Summit Duncan Green, the Head of Research at Oxfam, hosted a round table discussion where reporters, including Joe, discussed the leaked draft communiqué that was printed in the Financial Times on 29th March. Joe commented that this process “was quite illuminating because Duncan Green highlighted a number of stock phrases that mask the fact that very little is actually being committed to. Phrases such as “make moves towards” etc. In the case of green technology a lot of these phrases kept cropping up. What exactly does “we agreed to make the best possible use of investment funded by fiscal stimulus programmes towards the goal of building a resilient, sustainable and green recovery” actually mean?” Joe Rowley interviewing Ed Miliband In his interview with Joe, Ed Miliband, UK Climate Change Secretary, reiterated the commitment to a green agenda. “Climate change is urgent and needs to be tackled…it is imperative that…the world comes together and reaches a global agreem
