April 12, 2008-- (Bangkok Post) - Expanded sustainably harvested forestry will produce a much better and bigger dividend for Asean economies and for the environment. But like their head-in-the-sand attitudes to nuclear power as a global warming solution, Greenpeace and WWF only want to see forestry in developing countries managed by their rules.

April 11, 2008-- (Associated Press) - The U.S. warned last week that deep emission cuts could hurt economic growth, especially for developing nations, while a U.S.-based pro-business group, World Growth, said quick action on climate change would do more harm than good.

April 4, 2008-- For several years Greenpeace and other environmental activists have run the case that time is short: unless we take early and dramatic action, the consequences will be dire.  Last year, around the time of the release of the IPCC Fourth Assessment, claims were made that unless we commence cutting emissions deeply within 10 to 15 years, it will be too late.

April 3, 2008-- (Xinhua) - "No government in Asia could adopt that strategy knowing it would increase, not decrease poverty," said Alan Oxley, Chairman of World Growth, a U.S.-based pro-free-trade NGO.  The World Growth holds that the EU case is based on claims by the British official Sir Nicholas Stern that the cost to developing countries of deep cuts is low. Therefore, the EU argues that unless deep cuts are imposed soon, the poor countries will be hurt most.