Taka Hiraishi talks about the economic aspects of parts of the battle against climate change and how different parts of the process can slow progress by fighting against each other. Hiraishi is a member of the IPCC Bureau, a special assistant to the Japan’s Environment Minister and a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies IGES). Also see Taka Hiraishi talking from Barcelona in 2009.  And Meike Fink, Climate Action Network, speaking from Copenhagen.  And Kuni Shimada, Japanese delegate and chair of the Technology Group, speaking from Copenhagen