Interviewing Climate Change

This afternoon I met with the deputy director of the Beijing Climate Center, Yong Luo.  The Beijing Climate Center is a branch of the China Meteorological Administration (similar to USA’s NOAA) that deals with researching and combating climate change throughout Asia. 

The softspoken but passionate Luo was in Shanghai for training seminars aimed at promoting “an environmentally friendly society,” and I was fortunate to get an interview given his extremely busy schedule.  We met at the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong, where much of his training is taking place.  The CELAP is an institution funded by China’s central government aimed at providing education and training for high-level government officials. 

The facility was absolutely enormous and reminded me of Chicago’s McCormick Place.