Curtis: Are global talks on climate change useful?

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19 November, 2013
By: John Curtis
Adjunct Professor at Queen's University and Chair of Statistics Canada's Advisory Committee on International Trade Statistics

Yes, like all Summits, they focus world-wide (particularly politicians) attention on the issue – and when the public tide of attention at some stage in the future is lined up as well (ie. “political will”), substantive progress will be made…

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