# Quote of the Week – May 4, 2007

*Published:* 2007-05-04
*Author:* Bill Chameides

“Governments have a crucial supportive role in providing appropriate enabling environment, such as, institutional, policy, legal and regulatory frameworks, to sustain investment flows and for effective technology transfer – without which it may be difficult to achieve emission reductions at a significant scale.”

*From [IPCC Working Group 3, Summary for Policymakers \[PDF\]](http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM040507.pdf)*