Clean
Development Mechanism
CDM Attorneys
Mr. Bai, Changbo
391-8333
Jones Road
Richmond, B.C. Canada V6Y 3W9
Email: changbobai@hotmail.com
Educational
Qualifications
1999-2002:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Bachelor of Laws
1994-1994:
Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, Diploma in Environmental Law
and Management, UN Post-graduate Training
1986-1989:
Peking University Law School/Environmental Studies Center, Beijing, P. R. China,
Masters of Laws (Environmental Law)
1982-1986:
Peking University Law School, Beijing, P. R. China, Bachelor of Laws
Work
Experiences
August
1998 - Present: International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
Canada
Independent Consultant, Team Leader/Writer/Editor, responsible for publication
of The Earth Negotiations Bulletin, which reports a number of on-going
international environmental negotiations on environmental and sustainable
development issues including biodiversity/biosafety, desertification, chemicals,
climate change and emission trading, ozone protection, and international
environmental governance
May
2003 – November 2004: Remedios & Company, Barristers & Solicitors,
Vancouver, Canada
Barrister & Solicitor, practice areas include: international trade, real
estate, environmental law, general corporate/commercial, immigration law, and
other China-related projects
May
2002 – April 2003: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver, Canada
Articled Student, the articling experience includes three rotations in
corporate/commercial, labour/employment, litigation department and one junioring
under a senior lawyer with focus on environmental law, general
corporate/commercial, project financing, and merger and acquisition
Summer
of 2001: West Coast environmental Law, Vancouver, Canada
Summer Articling Student, responsibilities include providing summary legal
advice to the general public and civil society, assisting lawyers in preparation
for environmental appeal board hearing, and conducting other legal research on
issues related to trade and environment, climate change, chemicals management,
biodiversity conservation and biosafety, and forestry conservation
1995
– 1997: Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya
Second Secretary, responsible for representing Chinese government to UNEP,
participating in multilateral environmental treaty negotiations, and carrying
out cooperation projects in all environmental fields between China and UNEP
1989
– 1995 & 1997 – 1998: State Environmental Protection Administration,
Beijing, P. R. China
Chief Programme Officer/Deputy Director, International Organizations and
Multilateral Environmental Agreements, responsibilities include negotiations and
implementation of multilateral environmental treaties, inter-governmental
consultations on issues related to environment and sustainable development, as
well as cooperation projects between China and various international
organizations
1992
– 1993: Environmental Protection Bureau of Taiyuan Municipality, Taiyuan,
Shanxi Province, P. R. China
Assistant Director, responsibilities include implementation of a British ODA-sponsored
project on Taiyuan’s environment and energy and a power plant pollution
control project funded by the World Bank, as well as the municipality’s annual
inspection on environmental law and regulation enforcement
Language
Skills
Bilingual:
Fluent in English and Chinese
Professional
Activities
Director of
Chinese-Canadian Environmental Professionals Association
Member of Law Society of British Columbia, Canada
Member of Canadian Bar Association
Member of Professional Association of Chinese Environmentalists
Guest Commentator, Channel M TV, Vancouver, Canada
Columnist, Global Chinese Press, Vancouver, Canada
References
(letter of reference will be available upon request)
James Langston
Goree, Director of Reporting Services, International Institute for Sustainable
Development, New York, USA;
Lawrence Wong, Managing Partner, Wong Pederson Law Offices, Vancouver,
Canada;
Professor Zhang Kunmin, Asia Pacific University, Japan