Economist says China likely to specify carbon emission cuts

Updated September 23, 2009 20:38:16

A prominent Chinese climate economist says its likely China will put a figure on cutting carbon emissions and says President Hu Jintao's speech to the special U-N summit in New York signals China is ready to sign up to a deal at Copenhagen.


Presenter: Linda Mottram
Speaker: Professor Pan Jiahua, director, Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Stephen Howes, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University