Site Updates

ChinaFAQs has launched!

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Nov 12, 2009

The ChinaFAQs website serves as a portal to content and experts on China climate and energy issues. Information on www.ChinaFAQs.org is organized by issue area, allowing users to both quickly find information to answer specific questions and to easily browse a variety of topics.

For more information about our issue areas, please refer to our Issue Areas Page.

Within each issue area, users will find one or more fact sheets that draw upon the research and analysis of U.S.-based experts, as well as related data, graphics, news articles, expert commentary, and other content.

ChinaFAQs Fact Sheets

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Nov 11, 2009

We’ve added more than 15 fact sheets on various topics related to China climate and energy information, including:

Visit the Issue Areas section for fact sheets by topic or the Library and Data section for a complete list of all our fact sheets.

The ChinaFAQs Expert Blog has launched!

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Nov 11, 2009

We’ve launched a blog written by ChinaFAQs experts to track major developments and news on the climate, energy and environment front in China and give a bit of context to what’s happening.

Visit the ChinaFAQs Expert Blog

ChinaFAQs Infographics

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Nov 10, 2009

We’ve added two great new infographics to the Library and Data section:

Carbon Capture & Storage Opportunities in China illustrates current CCS operations in China
Timeline of China’s Energy Efficiency Policies shows the effect China’s energy policies have had on energy intensity over time

Data Sources

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Nov 10, 2009

We’ve added a collection of some of the best sources for climate and energy data to our home page. Check out the Data Sources menu in the right-hand column or the Library and Data section for more information about these data sources.

Expert Blog Posts

U.S. Commerce Department Announces Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels

Trade Case on Imports of Solar Cells from China

CEF Event: Cooperation or Conflict? Contradictions in U.S.-China Clean Energy Relations

The Strategic and Economic Dialogue and Energy and Climate

Clean Tech’s Rise- Two New Issue Briefs from ChinaFAQs

Experts In the News

March 29, 2012

Michael Levi discusses implications of PetroChina becoming the world’s biggest publicly traded producer of oil in “Chinese firm surpasses Exxon in oil production”, Associated Press

March 27, 2012

Kelly Sims Gallagher addresses China’s need to reduce carbon emissions from coal in “China Beats U.S. With Power From Coal Processing Trapping Carbon”, Bloomberg

March 27, 2012

David Fridley on China’s projected emissions in “China Beats U.S. With Power From Coal Processing Trapping Carbon”, Bloomberg

March 21, 2012

Kelly Sims Gallagher on the prospects for a renewable future in “There is some strategic interest in renewables”, IP Journal

March 09, 2012

Kevin Tu assesses Beijing’s return to nuclear in “A Year After Fukushima Disaster, China Resumes Nuclear Energy Projects”, Voice of America

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 , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Name: Melanie Hart , Center for American Progress
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)

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