On 24th February 2012, Philip Andrews-Speed and Geoff Kemp (both Fellows of the Transatlantic Academy) gave a lunch briefing to Congressional staff on the emerging threats in the East and South China Seas and on the strategic significance for the USA and for the Transatlantic Community.
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Fine particulate matter in the air of China’s cities
Recent months have seen a growth in the awareness among China’s urban residents of fine particulate matter suspended in the air.
POLINARES Workshop on future risks in access to oil, gas and minerals held at NATO in Brussels
The fifth Thematic Workshop for the project was held on 15th December 2011 in Brussels and was hosted by NATO. The aim of the Workshop was to share with research and policy staff at NATO the approaches and initial findings of the project.
Roundtable discussion at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC
Professor Qi Ye of the Climate Policy Initiative at Tisnghua University presented a summary of the Annual Review of Low-Carbon Development in China (2011-2012).
China’s oil options in the face of US sanctions on Iran
China is not only a major strategic ally of Iran but it also relies on Iran for oil imports. In the face of US sanctions, China is likely to find a middle way involving some reduction of oil imports from Iran but not a complete cessation.
Energy Market Integration in East Asia: A Regional Public Goods Approach
This study applies a regional public goods approach to the study of energy market integration (EMI) in East Asia, with a view to clarifying the outlook for such integration and the likely obstacles to be encountered. In addition to drawing on theoretical ideas relating to regional public goods, the paper will also draw on the experience of the European Union in its attempts to develop a single energy market. The study shows that many services are needed in order to develop and sustain a regional integrated energy market and that some of these services have characteristics of regional public goods, though some may also be trans-regional or global in nature as well. The study recommends that: EMI in East Asia should be pursued in an incremental manner and mainly at a sub-regional scale; and the specific steps taken towards EMI should be chosen on the basis of their likely positive economic impacts and their likely ease of delivery.
The United Kingdom’s Low Carbon Transition Plan(s) and the Lessons for China
This paper examines the broad features of the United Kingdom’s response to the low-carbon challenge over a number of years, with the aim of identifying a number of general lessons which are relevant to China. The intention is not so much to examine how specific policy instruments used in the United Kingdom may or may not be applied in China, but rather to identify those features of the political economy of energy in the United Kingdom which act to constrain the move to a low carbon economy, and to examine their relevance to China.
China's growing use of gas: substitution for coal or additional energy consumption?
China's government has ambitious plans to raise the consumption of natural gas between 2011 and 2015. This demand will be met by growing domestic production of conventional and unconventional gas, as well as by imports. The key question is whether this greater availability of gas will lead to substitution of coal by gas, or to greater total energy consumption. Substitution on a significant scale will only occur if the government puts in place strong economic and administrative measures to constrain coal use.
POLINARES Workshop on the preliminary results of Work Package 3 held in the Hague
The fourth Workshop for the project was held on 15th November 2011 in The Hague and was hosted by the Clingendael International Energy Programme. The aim was to share some of the preliminary results of WP3 with specialists not directly involved in the project in order to refine the draft report before completion in February … Continue Reading ››
Twin Briefing Paper on Energy and Mineral Resource Security published
In a twin briefing paper published by the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) and the German Geological Survey (BGR) the fierce debate about resource security is addressed and examined critically.