China, India and climate change: Take the Lead

Economist: Greenprint: A New Approach to Cooperation on Climate Change. By Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian. Brookings Institution Press; 150 pages; $17.99. Buy from Amazon.com MOST books about the environment take the West as their starting point. This is understandable. For decades America was the world's biggest polluter, contributing more to the problem than any other country, whereas Europe--at least in its politicians' minds--has model environmental laws and holds plenty of righteous talks to...

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