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China Grapples with Its Energy Challenges

Whether and how well China deals with its energy dilemmas will have deep consequences for the rest of the world, which has a large stake in its success.

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Wednesday
Dec. 12, 2007
8:00am – 10:00am ET

Overview

China's economic expansion is delivering impressive benefits at home and around the world, even as it sharpens and multiplies energy-related challenges. While China relies mainly on domestically mined coal, it has become a major presence on world energy markets, attracting unaccustomed attention. Domestic environmental damages are mounting, exacerbating inequalities among regions and economic groups, and progress in bringing down energy efficiency has slowed, spurring vigorous new efforts to raise efficiency. Top leaders are calling for rapid evolution of legal and regulatory institutions, but questions remain about implementation. Whether and how well China deals with its dilemmas will have deep consequences for the rest of the world, which therefore has a large stake in its success. In this presentation, Jonathan Sinton, China Program Manager at the International Energy Agency (IEA), will explore some of the predicaments in which China finds itself, evaluate the country's approaches to tackling them, and examine the roles of international co-operation, with examples from the IEA's collaborations with China. Robert P. Taylor from the World Bank will highlight some national and provincial initiatives in promoting energy efficiency.

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China Environment Forum

Since 1997, the China Environment Forum's mission has been to forge U.S.-China cooperation on energy, environment, and sustainable development challenges. We play a unique nonpartisan role in creating multi-stakeholder dialogues around these issues.  Read more

Environmental Change and Security Program

The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.  Read more

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