China and Climate Change: Responding to a Global Challenge
Date: Wednesday 13 November, 2019, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Hunter Council Chamber, Level 2, Hunter Building, Victoria University of Wellington
Organised by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre in partnership with the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute
Climate change is an unprecedented challenge for the global community. China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases with over a quarter of all global emissions coming from that country alone. Progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in China is therefore crucial for any meaningful global response to climate change. Following decades of rapid economic growth and industrialisation China faces a major environmental catastrophe making arresting China’s growing emissions an enormous task.
- What is China’s climate change policy and approach?
- What is China doing to promote renewable energy, a low carbon economy, green finance and sustainable agriculture and industry?
- What is China’s position on international efforts to combat climate change?
- What climate change activities is China promoting in the region and are there opportunities for New Zealand and China to work together to respond to this global challenge?
This conference brings world-leading experts on China and climate change to assess China’s domestic and international approach to climate change and ask what this means for New Zealand, the region and for global efforts at climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Speakers
PAN Jiahua, Director General, Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS)
John Mathews,Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University
YU Xiang, Research Fellow, Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS)
Alex Lo, Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, School of Geography Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
ZHENG Yan, Research Fellow, Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS)
David Frame, Professor of Climate Change, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
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