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and team, Here's the revised version with those edits: ***** As you know, 2015 presents an historic opportunity for the international community to reach ambitious new agreements on the intertwined global challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Increasing financing for sustainable development and decreasing financing for projects that add considerable climate risk will be essential if we are to achieve our global development and climate change goals. That will require applying high environmental and social standards to our investments going forward. China will host the G20 next year in the midst of a growing international dialogue on sustainable investment standards. What is China’s strategy for leveraging the G20, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the South-South Cooperation Fund, the Silk Road Fund, and other bilateral and multilateral forums to help establish common global standards in financing for sustainable development? ***** I'll hold until 11:00pm tonight in case folks have additional thoughts/edits. If no one pipes up with additional changes I'll send this version out at 11pm tonight. (Then Premier Li's team can get to work figuring out how to answer.) Many thanks all for weighing in on this. Since we are submitting in advance the exact wording is quite important. Melanie ---- Melanie M. Hart, Ph.D. Director for China Policy Center for American Progress Direct Line: (202) 741-6359 Cell: (202) 294-6118 ________________________________ From: Peter Ogden Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 7:50 PM To: John Podesta Cc: Melanie Hart; John Norris; Molly Elgin-Cossart; Eryn Sepp; Eryn Sepp (EG) Subject: Re: Question for Premier Li Keqiang -- Refined Version I like it, especially the use of "decreasing," which would get them pointed in the right direction (but also provide enough flexibility that they might go for it). On Jun 22, 2015, at 6:24 PM, John Podesta <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Looks good. One change I wouldn't use sustainable financing. Could be misinterpreted. I'd use financing for sustainable development in the two positive references and maybe decreasing financing for projects that add considerable climate risk in the negative reference What do others think? On Jun 22, 2015 1:36 PM, "Melanie Hart" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello John, Below is the refined question you just conveyed via phone: ***** As you know, 2015 presents an historic opportunity for the international community to reach ambitious new agreements on the intertwined global challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Increasing sustainable financing and decreasing unsustainable financing will be essential if we are to achieve our global development and climate change goals. That will require applying high environmental and social standards to our investments going forward. China will host the G20 next year in the midst of a growing international dialogue on sustainable investment standards. What is China’s strategy for leveraging the G20, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the South-South Cooperation Fund, the Silk Road Fund, and other bilateral and multilateral forums to help establish common global standards for sustainable financing? ***** Will hold on sending until I receive either a green light or additional edits. Background notes of potential interest: • Last Friday Zhang Gaoli attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia and delivered remarks re China’s plans for the 2016 G20. His speech was very general but did contain some positive indicators: he said G20 nations should develop new driving forces for sustainable growth of the global economy. He also focused on China’s Silk Road initiative, which he welcomed other countries to join. That suggests they are at least thinking about linking these other programs in with G20. • Terminology re China hosting G20: Turkey currently enjoys talking about the fact that they hold the “G20 presidency” but thus far Chinese state press is using the term “chair” instead of presidency. • The 2015 G20 summit will be November 14-15 in Turkey. Then Turkey hands the baton to China. The 2016 summit will be in Hangzhou, China (likely next fall, exact date TBD). Thanks, Melanie ---- Melanie M. Hart, Ph.D. Director for China Policy Center for American Progress Direct Line: (202) 741-6359<tel:%28202%29%20741-6359> Cell: (202) 294-6118<tel:%28202%29%20294-6118> From: Molly Elgin-Cossart Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 2:36 PM To: Melanie Hart; Eryn Sepp (EG); Erin M. Auel; Peter Ogden; John Norris Cc: '[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>'; 'Eryn Sepp' Subject: Re: Your Question for Premier Li Keqiang Makes sense to combine - and perhaps leading with G20 will draw out some responses about that, too. 1. ​I wonder whether it's useful to nail down any specifics on high quality, e.g. investing in sustainable technologies and services, in ways that comply with high social and governance standards - the downside is the risk of getting too focused on a back and forth on governance, though could be interesting to specify each component to see if he responds to each. 2. In the SDG financing world, China's official position is that ODA is still the main vehicle, so may be useful to say something to the effect of "increasing sustainable development financing, including harnessing a broader range of sources towards sustainable development is essential ". (REF recent official Chinese gov position paper on post-2015 which states: "Development financing should be enhanced with North-South cooperation serving as the main channel." This statement is a pure political play, since domestic resources are the main vehicle of SD financing and drove China's own rise, not to mention ODA is not terribly sustainable, but this line plays well with developing countries.) This may be adding too much into a single question, but thought it worthwhile to flag. Cheers, Molly ________________________________ From: Melanie Hart Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 2:24 PM To: Eryn Sepp (EG); Erin M. Auel; Molly Elgin-Cossart; Peter Ogden; John Norris Cc: '[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>'; 'Eryn Sepp' Subject: RE: Your Question for Premier Li Keqiang John and team, Pete combined the G20 questions into one shorter one and added a separate one on finance. Here’s some updated suggested text from Pete: (1) As you know, 2015 presents an historic opportunity for the international community to reach ambitious new agreements on the intertwined global challenges of climate change and sustainable development. How will China use its G20 presidency next year to drive further progress on these two issues? (2) Relatedly, increasing sustainable financing -- and decreasing unsustainable financing -- is essential if we are to achieve our global development and climate change goals, and that will require applying high standards to our investments going forward. What can China do - bilaterally or through the G20, the AIIB, and other multilateral institutions --to help engrain these high standards? I think Pete’s finance language is excellent. My one concern is that if we send 2 questions, they might pick what is easiest to respond to rather than what we would find most interesting. One option would be to combine further, perhaps as follows: As you know, 2015 presents an historic opportunity for the international community to reach ambitious new agreements on the intertwined global challenges of climate change and sustainable development. It is in this environment that China is taking on the G20 presidency, and many observers around the world will be watching next year to see how China leverages the G20 to drive further progress on these two issues. Observers will also be monitoring whether and to what degree China leverages the AIIB to achieve these important goals. Increasing sustainable financing -- and decreasing unsustainable financing -- is essential if we are to achieve our global development and climate change goals, and that will require applying high standards to our investments going forward. What can China do - bilaterally or through the G20, the AIIB, and other multilateral institutions --to help engrain these high standards? Additional thoughts/reactions from the team? Melanie ---- Melanie M. Hart, Ph.D. Director for China Policy Center for American Progress Direct Line: (202) 741-6359<tel:%28202%29%20741-6359> Cell: (202) 294-6118<tel:%28202%29%20294-6118> From: Eryn Sepp [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 12:55 PM To: Melanie Hart; Erin M. Auel; Molly Elgin-Cossart; Peter Ogden; John Norris Cc: '[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>'; 'Eryn Sepp' Subject: Your Question for Premier Li Keqiang Importance: High Hi Everyone— John wants to respond on here to you all. He thinks we need to combine the two questions into one, and put a high standards sustainable finance question in. Melanie, do we know who else is getting to ask questions? John, the plain text is below: To: John Podesta From: Melanie Hart, Erin Auel, Molly Elgin-Cossart, Pete Ogden, John Norris Re: Quick Response Needed – Your Question for Premier Li Keqiang Date: June 19, 2015 You are attending the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) think tank summit in Beijing June 26-27. There will be a side meeting with Li Keqiang. Around 40 guest scholars and officials will attend. You are one of the high-level conference speakers invited to attend the Li Keqiang meeting. You have also been invited to ask Premier Li a question. In that meeting only four people will ask questions (yourself included). CCIEE tells us the questions must be submitted in advance, no later than Monday evening (June 22) U.S. time. We should treat this as a hard deadline. We suggest posing the following question: Next year China will host the G20. Many nations around the world will be watching to see how China handles its G20 presidency and what that tells us about how China’s rise will impact multilateral institutions. What does the Chinese government currently consider to be its top priorities for China’s 2016 G20 presidency? As you know, 2015 is a very big year for sustainable development and climate change. We hope to see big progress this year on the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals and at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Paris. Is the Chinese leadership thinking about how China can use its G20 presidency to unify and strengthen G20 support for implementing multilateral agendas on sustainable development and climate change? Please share your thoughts asap (and no later than Monday evening) so that we can pass your preferred question on to Premier Li’s team. Additional meeting details below. I. Meeting Format Li will lead the meeting and do most of the talking. He has selected four people, including you, to ask questions. There is no pre-set theme for the meeting, but we have been told you are welcome to ask questions on topics including sustainable development, think tank cooperation, and economic issues. II. Potential Participants The meeting hosts have invited about 40 guest scholars and officials to attend the meeting. That group includes: BAN Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (video speech) Romano PRODI, President of the Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation, Professor at China Europe International Business School, Former Prime Minister of Italy Danilo TURK, Professor of International Law, Former President of Slovenia Kevin RUDD, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute, Former Prime Minister of Australia Sir Don MCKINNON, Chairman of New Zealand China Council, Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Grzegorz W. KOLODKO, Founder and Director of Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, Former Deputy Premier of Poland Thomas SARGENT, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor of Economics at New York University WU Hongbo, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations William BURNS, President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Nubuo TANAKA, President of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Former Executive Director of International Energy Agency III. Biography of Li Keqiang <image001.jpg>Li Keqiang (Ke-chung) is the second-highest ranking official in the CCP. He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, premier of the State Council and secretary of its Leading Party Members’ Group. From 2008-2013, he was vice premier of the State Council and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members’ Group. In this role, he oversaw a portfolio of issues including economic development, price controls, finance, climate change, and macroeconomic management. During that time, he also directed the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee and of South-to-North Water Diversion Construction Project Committee. In 2013, he became Premier of the State Council. He has focused on economic development and meeting China’s growth targets. He has also led efforts to set targets for reducing energy intensity, cap coal use, and boost renewable capacity. At a meeting of the National Leading Group on Climate Change on June 12, 2015, he backed China’s commitments through the UNFCCC, stating "China stands ready to work with all other parties to ensure a comprehensive, balanced and strong agreement at the upcoming Paris Conference.”