Sinodinos' extraordinary vision

Comments on Arthur Sinodinos “Why not trade our way out of the climate crisis?” 6/08/2009, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25888591-5013480,00.html

This is an excellent article with an extraordinary vision to link the three most important and urgent world economic issues, namely, climate change the global warming, the Doha round trade negotiation and the current great economic recession. Trade liberalisation is the common thread to all these issues.

All members of the international community should realise that by further liberalising international trade and investment, every nation will benefit. Undoubtedly, it will assist the world to recover from the recession. With true world leaderships by important and influential world leaders, it will accelerate the international efforts on climate change and reach a meaningful international agreement. Both developed and developing nations should participate in and contribute to the course of limiting human induced adverse climate change in a practical and equitable way.

I think Australian government needs to take Sinodinos’ idea very seriously and lead the international community in this direction. Sinodinos should be invited to be an advisor on these issues.

If the international community can achieve Sinodinos’s vision, he should be nominated for a Nobel prize.