After decades of soaring economic growth, China now aims to take the lead on global climate change. But facing a severe economic slowdown, can China achieve its goals? Environmental pioneer Ma Jun shares his views.
Environment
March 20 @ 8:45 am - 5:15 pm
Organizer: Ling Zhang, Boston College; Convener of the Environment in Asia series Note: Due to the limited capacity of the venue, the symposium will be a closed-door event. The public …
“Environment in Asia” Reunion with a Tribute to Robert Marks and Peter Perdue
February 22 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Speaker: Changgui Dong, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China Dr. Changgui Dong’s research focuses on energy and environmental economics, technological change, policy evaluation and China’s …
Evaluating the Impact of the Feed-in Tariffs on Solar PV and Wind Power Development in China
December 7, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, Harvard University Arunabh Ghosh is a historian of modern China, with research and teaching interests in social and economic history, history of science and …
November 21, 2022 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Speaker: Fangzhu Zhang, University College London This talk examines the recent green turn in China by investigating a large-scale urban greenway project—’Greenways of Paradise’ in Chengdu. Using the perspective of the …
Performing the Ecological Fix Under State Entrepreneurialism in China
November 2, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Speaker: Jingran Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project Jingran Zhang studies transportation energy and environmental issues, with a special focus on the global aviation sector. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Science …
For the past two decades, a clean energy revolution has been quietly taking place across the globe. More recently, a heated global race has begun with China at the head …
October 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Speakers:Kelly Sims Gallagher, Academic Dean; Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy; Director, Climate Policy Lab; Co-Director, Center for International Environment & Resource Policy, The Fletcher School Tufts University Miranda Schreurs, …
Panel Discussion: China and Japan in the Global Politics of Climate Change
November 15, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker: Jonas Nahm, Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Nahm’s new book examines the development of wind and solar industries in China, Germany, …
October 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
In conversation with: Michael McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies, Harvard University Speaker: Kelly Sims Gallagher, Academic Dean and Founding Director, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, Tufts University …