Plenary session on Energy at conference organised by Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, Beijing,18th August 2007
“China’s Energy Strategies: A View from Europe”, International Forum on Petroleum Sustainable Development
China University of Petroleum, Beijing, August 13-15, 2007.
China and Global Climate Change: contrasting views
Late in 2006, the International Energy Agency predicted that China would overtake the USA and become the world’s largest emitter of Greenhouse Gas (GHGs) by 2009. At the end of May 2007, China’s State Council approved a national plan to address the challenges posed by … Continue Reading ››
“China’s energy efficiency challenges” seminar on China’s energy security: policies and global impact
Held at the European Policy Centre in Brussels, in cooperation with the Asia Centre Brussels, 9th July 2007
“China's new energy policies: implications for climate change”, at meeting on Climate Change Policies – Impact On Energy Markets
Windsor Energy Group, London, 3 July 2007
Energy efficiency in China: It must be seen as ‘cool’ to be energy efficient
Recent weeks have seen China’s government re-state its aims to drive up national energy efficiency with the twin objectives of constraining the use of energy resources and constraining the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. Though energy intensity declined only slightly in 2006 after rising for … Continue Reading ››
China’s national oil companies: Risk management overseas
The killing of nine Chinese oilfield workers in north Ethiopia in April, and the kidnapping of a further seven, highlights the challenge of risk management by China’s national oil companies (NOCs) as they go overseas.
Risk … Continue Reading ››
“China’s Energy Policy” seminar on East Asian energy security
Held by French Institute for International relations (IFRI), Paris, 10 May 2007
China’s Draft Energy Law
For more than one year many of the top policy-makers, advisers and academics in China’s energy sector have been engaged in research and consultations which are intended to lead to the promulgation of China’s first Energy Law – a task which is set to take … Continue Reading ››
“Energy Regulatory and Licensing Systems in the United Kingdom: the Case of Oil and Gas” International Symposium on China’s Energy Law
Beijing, 27-28 April 2007.