Philip gave a talk on the new book to an audience at the EIAS. The seminar was chaired by Dick Gupwell, the Vice-Chairman of EIAS, the discussants were Alexandra Sombsthay, International Relations Officer at the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission, and Theresa Fallon, Senior Associate of the EIAS.
Philip gave a talk on the new book to an audience of about 40 at ESI. The seminar was chaired by Elspeth Thomson, Senior Fellow at ESI, and attended by staff and students from the University as well as professionals from the private and public sectors.
At last, the sequel to the Adelphi Paper of 2002 (The Strategic Implications of China’s Energy Policy) is published. Co-authored with Roland Dannreuther.
The aims of this book are:
to identify the sources of this external oil policy by examining the dynamics of China’s domestic energy sector, and
to show how energy is affecting the government’s foreign policy.
Philip spent two weeks at the North China Electric Power University, at the invitation of Professor Zhou Feng’ao, Director of the Beijing Energy Development Centre. This Centre was founded three years ago with the aim of becoming an inter-disciplinary centre for expertise in energy law and policy, undertaking research, post-graduate teaching and advisory services.