IISD President Addresses Commons Committee
WINNIPEG – On February 17, 2005, David Runnalls, IISD's President and CEO, made a presentation to Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in Ottawa. His remarks centred on how Canada can achieve a necessary portion of its emission reduction objectives through careful use of the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms of Joint Implementation, the Clean Development Mechanism and International Emissions Trading.
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