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** Larsen and Gilbert 16 ** [Gaia, Senior Associate in the WRI's Sustainable Finance Center, where she leads its work on financial institutions and climate finance readiness, Sean, China director and Director of Sustainability Reporting Framework at the Global Reporting Initiative, 3/14/16, “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Releases New Environmental and Social Standards. How Do They Stack Up?”, World Resources Institute, 3/4/16, [] ] MG

** Bankwatch 15 ** [CEE Bankwatch Network, international non-governmental organisation with member organisations from countries across central and eastern Europe that monitors activities of IFIs to promote sustainable projects, “New Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank struggles to convince on environment and sustainability issues”, 12/17/15, [] ] MG

** Nassiry and Nakhooda 16 ** [Darius, head of international cooperation department at Global Green Growth Institute, Director at Millennium Challenge Corporation where he led teams for development of investment programs in Asia, Smita, Climate finance fellow at World Resources Institute, “The AIIB and investment in action on climate change”, Working Paper 433, April 2016, [] ] MG

** Hongzhou, 15 ** —Zhang, Associate Research Fellow with the China Programme @ S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). “China-US Climate Change Cooperation: Beyond Energy,” The Diplomat, Oct 13, [] --br


 * WARMING IS REAL **

** Griffin, 15 – ** Professor of Philosophy at Claremont, David, “The climate is ruined. So can civilization even survive?”, 4-14, []

====** Plan will stimulate reform and innovation in the existing international economic order --- including the World Bank, IMF and ADB. **__** Direct U.S. engagement **__** is critical to begin the process and ensure that hydroelectric dams or coal plants aren’t funded. **====

** Elgin-Cossart & Hart, 9/22/15 ** --- *Senior Fellow at American Progress, where she works on issues involving foreign policy, international development, and global conflict, AND **Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at American Progress (Molly Elgin-Cossart and Melanie Hart, “China’s New International Financing Institutions; Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Investment Standards,” [], article downloaded 4/23/16, JMP)

====** Independently, there will be a **__** race to the bottom **__** among multilateral development banks and poorly planned infrastructure development --- impact on the environment will be **__** even greater than climate change **__====

** Laurence 16 ** --- Research Professor and Australian Laureate at James Cook University (Bill, “Will New Mega-Banks Force A 'Race to The Bottom' For The Environment?”, ALERT Conservation, 4/4/2016, [] ), “LJH”

** Ha et al., 16 ** ** (Sangjung Ha is an analyst for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Thomas Hale is an **** Associate Professor in Public Policy at Oxford University, and Pete Ogden is a senior advisor and fellow at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, 2/12/16, “After Paris, it’s “all hands on deck” for Climate Finance”, Global Policy, ** [] ** // PD) **

====** China has a huge incentive to accept collaboration on environmental standards --- it has a **__** willingness **__** to improve its environmental standards and enforcement but it needs greater **__** expertise **__** and **__** experience **__** --- can’t rely on host government regulations to ensure effective protections **====

** Ma **** 14 ** ** (Yuge Ma, DPhil Candidate at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford, 12-5-2014, "The Environmental Implications of China’s New Bank," Diplomat, ** [|**http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-environmental-implications-of-chinas-new-bank/**] ** // PD) **

====** The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China to develop sustainable investment standards in China’s financing institutions. **====

** Soergel, 6/10/15 ** --- Economy Reporter at U.S. News (Andrew, “Amid U.S. Paralysis, China Cashing In; While Congress has failed to move forward with IMF reforms, Beijing is poised to boost its banking power,” [], article downloaded on 6/7/16, JMP) ** ***Note --- Rajiv Biswas is Asia-Pacific chief economist at IHS Global Insight, an economic analysis firm **



** Christensen ** 6/5/ ** 15 ** – Thomas J., Boswell professor of world politics and director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University, is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, “China's Rising Military: Now for the Hard Part” http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-05/china-s-rising-military-now-for-the-hard-part

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** Dollar, 15 ** --- Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings (9/30/15, David, “INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE AND CHINA’S RISE: HOW SHOULD THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN RESPOND?” [], article downloaded 6/12/16, JMP)

** Wyne, 15 ** --- contributing analyst at Wikistrat and a global fellow at the Project for the Study of the 21st Century (6/1/15, Ali, “Is America’s Mind-set the Greatest Threat to Its Future?” [], article downloaded 5/3/16, JMP) ** ***Joseph Nye is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and one of the most esteemed analysts of world affairs **

** Lehmann, 15 ** --- Emeritus Professor at IMD, Lausanne (Switzerland), currently Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University and at NIIT University in Neemrana, Rajasthan (India) (4/2/15, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, “China And The US: The AIIB Fiasco &amp; America's Colossal Loss Of Face,” http://www.forbes.com/sites/jplehmann/2015/04/02/china-and-the-us-the-aiib-fiasco-americas-colossal-loss-of-face/print/, article downloaded 6/14/16, JMP)

** Lazarus, 3/2/16 ** --- MA candidate at The Fletcher School, Tufts University (Leland, “Why the U.S. Should Embrace the AIIB; There are compelling reasons for the U.S. to join China’s new development bank,” [], article downloaded 4/24/16, JMP)

** Xinhua, 3/26/16 ** (“AIIB president ‘patient in waiting’ for US,” [], article downloaded 4/23/16, JMP)

** Roach, 15 ** --- Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute of Global Affairs (3/26/15, Stephen, “Washington’s Big China Screw-up; U.S. efforts to oppose a $50 billion China-led infrastructure bank have backfired. Experts explain why,” http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/26/washingtons-big-china-screw-up-aiib-asia-infrastructure-investment-bank-china-containment-chinafile/, article downloaded 6/9/16, JMP)