the washington staff of nrdc and the new york staff of nrdc has worked very hard to make this event come together and indeed, to help get this book together on what was a fairly short time frame. and i want to give special thanks tonight to liz and suzanne for all you did for this event. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i would also be remiss if we did not say a very special thank you to our publishers, roman manned littlefield. i have to tell you that frances is what we in virginia call an uncompromising woman. and when frances said this book has to be part of the conversation, while it is a live conversation, our publishers embraced that as no other publisher anywhere in america could have. frances received the contract from roman and littlefield on september 9. on november 9, two months later to the day, this book was number 18 on amazon. that is a tribute to our publishers as well as to frances. >> and moving up. >> i want to introduce if i could a very special guest we have with us. when president obama began putting his cabinet together a year ago, one of the very first appoin

she has worked in nrdc's nuclear nonproliferation program at the departments of justice and interior and for the united nations development program and the center for environmental law. she has served as president and chair of the professional association for china's environment pace and is the cofounder and president of the china united states energy efficiency alliance. a nonprofit organization. she holds a jd with honors from the harvard law school. so without further adieu let's get ross garnaut up to the podium. >> it's good to be with you again. the abc meeting on china australian national brookings social sciences. we put out a book each year embodying results of latest research on the chinese economy and the brookings version of that will be out soon. not out for the occasion this year. we're meeting at an unusually interesting time in china's place in the world and china- u.s. relations. they're always interesting but number of things are coming together right now. most importantly the two issues we're discussing today the aftermath of the great crash of 2008 which has left

she has worked in nrdc's nuclear nonproliferation program at the departments of justice and interiord the center for environmental law. she has served as president and chair of the professional association for china's environment pace and is the cofounder and president of the china united states energy efficiency alliance. a nonprofit organization. she holds a jd with honors from the harvard law school. so without further adieu let's get ross garnaut up to the podium. >> it's good to be with you again. the abc meeting on china australian national brookings social sciences. we put out a book each year embodying results of latest research on the chinese economy and the brookings version of that will be out soon. not out for the occasion this year. we're meeting at an unusually interesting time in china's place in the world and china- u.s. relations. they're always interesting but number of things are coming together right now. most importantly the two issues we're discussing today the aftermath of the great crash of 2008 which has left a legacy of continued growth momentum and confiden

and working together, the epa and the nrdc are making progress toll goal. it gives me great pride, the president of the environmental protection agency and protector of our lands, lisa jackson. [applause] >> wow! thanks, bob. what an intro. you can intro me anytime. [laughter] >> well, i'm not going to take a long time here this evening. i just want to do a couple of things. the first is to thank you, bob, and thank you, frances, for the honor of addressing this crowd, so many friends and people who have been working on these issues for such a long time on clean energy, on climate but not just on clean energy and climate. the range of issues that we agree and thankfully don't agree because we need you to continue to push us. and make sure that we're thinking of all the angles are so broad at this time and so it's just lovely to have a few minutes to address you here. i would be remiss if i didn't remind everyone of a couple of things. there are a bunch of people watching lisa. one of them is clearly frances, and i'm afraid, too, she's not to be trifled with