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Since 1997, the China Environment Forum has been active in creating programming and publications to encourage dialog among U.S. and Chinese scholars, policymakers, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations on environmental and energy challenges in China.
About Us
• CEF Activities, CEF 业务
Current Initiative:
Environmental Health—With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, CEF is working with Western Kentucky University (WKU) on a new China Environmental Health Project (CEHP). This section includes research briefs on the human health impacts of polluted air, water, land and the policies and activism driving these and food safety.
Ongoing Initiatives:
Climate Change and Energy
Water
Environmental NGOs, Public Participation, and Governance
Students: Apply your interests to an internship at the China Environment Forum! Spring application deadline is December 1, 2009.
Job Seekers: Browse job listings in the field of China and the environment advertised through our network.
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Publications
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Asia's Future: Critical Thinking for a Changing Environment
Starting in October 2008, CEF and the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Project were charged by the U.S. Agency for International Development with investigating Asia’s most serious environmental challenges. CEF and ECSP held 9 roundtables with experts and conducted interviews and research that helped create this report that focused mainly on Southeast Asia that identifies global trends impacting environment and highlights opportunities for USAID and other donors to improve environmental protection.
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News
Deadline for U.S. Applicants in the Vermont Law School's Environmental Justice Exchange Extended until DECEMBER 14th
NOVEMBER 2009- The China Environment Forum, the Vermont Law School (VLS) and its partners received a considerable number of applications from Chinese applicants for the Environmental Justice Young Fellows Exchange Program as of the original November 13th deadline, but not enough from U.S. citizens. Thus, VLS and its partners are extending the deadline for U.S. applicants ONLY for this unique exchange program
U.S.-China Clean Energy Announcements
NOVEMBER 2009 - Today, President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao announced a far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the United States and China on clean energy.
ChinaFAQs Website Launched to Track China’s Energy and Climate Actions
NOVEMBER 2009-The World Resources Institute (WRI) has launched a new website, ChinaFAQs.org, to track and summarize the research of academics, research scientists and policy experts on China’s climate and energy policies and actions. The Woodrow Wilson Center's China Environment Forum is a network partner of China FAQs with CEF Director Jennifer Turner featured as an expert on the site.
Applications for Environmental Justice Exchange Program Posted
OCTOBER 2009- The China Environment Forum and the Vermont Law School (VLS) have been awarded a federal grant to support a U.S.-China exchange program for young professionals working on environmental justice issues.
Asia's Future Report Released
SEPTEMBER 2009- The Woodrow Wilson Center’s ECSP and China Environment Forum received a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to investigate Asia’s most serious environmental challenges by bringing together global experts to hold discussions that will enable us to identify trends and opportunities to improve Asia’s future environment. The report is now available online.
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Event Summaries
China's Watersheds Under Stress
Thursday, June 18 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Jon Barnett, Melbourne University; Kristen McDonald, China Rivers Project; Zhang Jingjing, CLAPV
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Animal Investigators: Solving Wildlife Crimes and Saving Endangered Species in Brazil and China
Wednesday, May 20 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Laurel Neme, author of Animal Investigators; Crawford Allen, WWF; Kevin Garlick, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Seeing Through the Smog: Promoting Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Air Quality, Environmental Health, and Climate Change
Tuesday, May 12 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Robert O'Keefe, Health Effects Institute; Denise Mauzerall, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
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China Environment Forum
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: cef@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4233
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