ChinaFAQs Experts to Testify Before Congressional-Executive Commission on China

Posted by Nick Price on Mar 30, 2010

Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman and Representative Sander Levin, Cochairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China invite you to a roundtable discussion on

“Transparency in Environmental Protection and Climate Change in China”

Thursday, April 1, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 628

At this CECC Roundtable, a panel of experts will examine the challenge of government transparency in environmental protection and climate change in China. China has established a comprehensive regulatory framework for environmental protection, adopted open government information measures, and developed systems to measure and report pollution and energy data. Officials now increasingly are turning attention to addressing capacity and implementation challenges associated with the accurate measurement and reporting of data at the local level. Panelists will discuss these and other issues, including the role of environmental groups in monitoring developments and problems, and energy projects in China.

Panelists:

Barbara Finamore, Founder and Director, China Program, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

David Gordon, Executive Director, Pacific Environment

Deborah Seligsohn, Senior Advisor, World Resources Institute's China Climate and Energy Program and Advisor to WRI''s Climate and Energy Network

Michael Wara, Assistant Professor, Stanford University Law School

CECC Roundtables are open to the public and no reservation is required.
Click here http://www.cecc.gov/pages/annualRpt/annualRpt09/CECCannRpt2009.pdf to download a copy of the Commission's full 2009 Annual Report.

Visit the Commission's Web site at www.cecc.gov for analysis of recent developments and other resources related to the development of the rule of law and human rights in China.

Expert Blog Posts

What Shale Gas In China Means For The United States

US-China Collaboration on Sustainable Urbanization

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China At Durban: First Steps Toward a New Climate Agreement

Blog Roll

Greenlaw

NRDC Greening China

China Dialogue

China Environmental Law

Experts In the News

February 02, 2012

Mikkal Herberg analyzes China’s energy security in “China’s resources policy attracts attention of Congress”, Asia Times

February 01, 2012

Angel Hsu examines PM2.5 data collection across China in “Man-made and visible from space”, The Economist

January 27, 2012

Deborah Seligsohn on Beijing city’s implementation of new air quality measures in “Beijing’s New Year surprise: PM 2.5 readings”, CNN

January 25, 2012

Trevor Houser discusses China and India in the European Union’s oil embargo in “Iran’s Oil Pipedream”, The Wall Street Journal

January 23, 2012

Kenneth Lieberthal comments on Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the White House next month, Reuters

Experts

Experts

Name: Nathaniel Aden , World Resources Institute
Name: Edward Cunningham , Boston University
Name: Erica Downs , The Brookings Institution
Name: Meredydd Evans , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
Name: David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
Name: Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
Name: Stephen Hammer , Columbia University / MIT
Name: Mikkal Herberg , Pacific Council on International Policy
Name: Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
Name: Trevor Houser , Peterson Institute for International Economics
Name: S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
Name: Angel Hsu , Yale University
Name: Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
Name: Albert Keidel , Atlantic Council
Name: David Kline , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Kong , Johns Hopkins University
Name: Michael Levi , Council on Foreign Relations
Name: Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Joanna Lewis , Georgetown University
Name: Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
Name: Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
Name: Irving Mintzer , Potomac Energy Fund
Name: Kevin Mo , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
Name: Rose Niu , World Wildlife Fund
Name: Stephanie Ohshita , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
Name: JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
Name: Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Edward Steinfeld , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Name: Kevin Tu , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Name: Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
Name: Alex Wang , UC Berkeley Boalt Law School
Name: Elizabeth Wilson , University of Minnesota
Name: Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
Name: Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Data Sources

BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Convened by the World Resources Institute
tel: +1 202-729-7657	10 G Street NE Suite 800
fax: +1 202-729-7610	Washington, DC 20002, USA