Jeff Sachs Director of the Earth Institute and professor of sustainable development at Columbia University in the US warned that "nice projects" around the world involving renewable power or energy efficiency would not be enough to stave off the catastrophic effects of global warming – a wholesale change and overhaul of the world's energy
In
what can be called as one of the boldest
steps ever taken by the developing countries
on climate change, Mexico passed the law
that makes the CO2 emission reduction and
targets of renewable energy mandatory. India
was one of the first countries to make
National Plan on Climate Change in 2008.
Mexico has gone further to make legislation
to implement its own plan. 
| Steve Gorman - Adviser |
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Mr. Gorman, a leading World Bank figure at meetings of the Global Environment Facility ( GEF ) and a number of Multilateral Environmental Agreement events, was also Network and Policy manager in United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) where he worked with more than 100 developing countries, in providing enabling assistance for elimination of the Ozone Depleting substances through technology support and promoting Clean Development Mechanism under the Climate Change. Prior to taking his position at UNEP, he spent over twenty years working for Environment Canada in a number of posts to facilitate the technology transfer. Mr. Gorman worked in such areas as bilateral co - operation with countries -collaborating closely with Brazil, Venezuela, China and India - as well as in a joint research and development program with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. He also spent a number of years in the international affairs branch in Canada as a policy advisor dealing with multilateral conventions and organizations. |
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Mr. Gorman brings with him 12 years of experience with World Bank, Global Environment Facility
and the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol. Facilitating and strengthening of global partnerships, under the GEF and other global environmental financing mechanisms with governments, NGOs, donors and international financial institutes have been his forte. As a team leader for the Montreal Protocol Team in the World Bank, he provided strategic advice on the development and implementation of activities that enable developing countries, including in India and China, to phase out the use, as well as the production, of ozone depleting substances.