Apart from one or two difficult cases, people have accepted it and got on with it. Industry is very comfortable. |
Carbon trading engages finance directors. It takes the issue of energy efficiency right to the top of the company. |
I actually think there are other ways of doing it. The most effective one is to include aviation within carbon trading schemes, so there is an absolute limit on the amount of emissions from the aviation sector. |
If it isn't properly regulated, if people do make false claims, if we find that the market is undermined, it will be very damaging to consumer confidence in the organic sector generally. |
In many parts of the country, water is a precious resource which we can no longer simply take for granted. |
The evidence is that people will simply pay the tax and continue to travel and we won't actually stop the growth, |
We had carried out a similar operation all over Britain too and made large seizures of animal skins and body parts, as well as large quantity of Chinese medicines. |
We have a similar wildlife crime cell in our country and will provide expertise to India as we were the first country to set up such a cell. |
We have also spoken to the Chinese authorities to act strongly against animal trade and they assured that they would take effective action. |
We should have an open mind about the kind of levers that we apply and not be afraid to think the unthinkable. |
Work for the formation of the wildlife crime cell is in progress. |