A leading researcher at China's National Development and Reform Commission Energy Research Institute, Hu Xiulian says the IEA's statistics are unreliable and biased.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Both organizations at the global level that deal with sustainable development, primarily UNEP and the Commission on Sustainable Development, their roles were addressed.

FORBES: Rio+20: The Long View

At the climate-change talks in Copenhagen authority lay with the National Development and Reform Commission, charged with economic development.

ECONOMIST: Less biding and hiding

Tim Jackson is a Professor in the UK and was also on the Sustainable Development Commission.

FORBES: How to Stop Economic Growth