Organization Date Title Keywords
Overseas Development Institute 04.1.15 Can Fracking Green China’s Growth?
Ilmi Granoff, Sam Pickard, Julian Doczi, Roger Calow, Zhenbo Hou, & Vanessa D’Alançon
This paper analyses the best available technical, scientific, and engineering literature on the risks and opportunities posed by shale gas, and also what policy environment could maximise the opportunity and minimise the risk. It also analyses China’s... 		Greenhouse Gases, Fracking, Shale Gas, Water Pollution, Energy, Clean Energy
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 03.31.15 Navigating Choppy Waters
Matthew P. Goodman, David A. Parker
China faces increasing economic headwinds that call into question not only its near-term growth outlook but the longer-term sustainability of its economic success. At a time of leadership transition in Beijing, global markets and policymakers alike are... 		Economic Development, Economic Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, U.S.-China Relations, International Relations
Asia Society 03.4.15 A Vital Partnership
As the two largest global emitters of greenhouse gases, China and the United States share the challenge of transforming each of their current fossil fuel–based energy systems into clean twenty-first-century energy systems that remain cornerstones of our... 		U.S.-China Relations, Environment, Environmental Protection, Environmental Policy, Environmental Regulation, Cooperation
China Water Risk 03.2.15 China’s Long March To Safe Drinking Water
Hongqiao Liu
China’s central government set ambitious goals to safeguard water quality in 2011, at the outset of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). Those goals targeted improvements from source-to-tap, earmarking a budget of nearly RMB 700 billion (U.S.$112 billion... 		Water, Health, Energy, Safety Standards, Food Safety
Paulson Institute 03.1.15 China’s Elusive Shale Gas Boom
Zhongmin Wang
China’s natural gas market is expected to see robust growth over the next decade. This is a function of several factors. First, as part of the country’s effort to effect an energy transition to cleaner fuels, natural gas is viewed as a viable bridge fuel... 		Shale Gas, Fracking, Energy, Clean Energy
Paulson Institute 02.25.15 Double Impact
Valerie J. Karplus
This paper makes the case for establishing a national CO2 price in China as soon as possible. End-of-pipe pollution control technologies—a core component of China’s Air Pollution Action Plan (APAP)—can address local air pollution but not CO2 emissions.... 		Carbon, Environment, CO2 Emissions, Air Pollution, Environmental Protection, Environmental Regulation
World Wildlife 02.11.15 It’s Time to Peak
Ecofys
Without additional efforts, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will continue to increase by 3.7 – 4.8 °C, a level well beyond the 2 °C temperature rise limit widely agreed among scientists and governments across the world as a limit above which... 		Greenhouse Gases, Clean Energy, CO2 Emissions, Emissions, Business, Corporate Responsibility, Environmental Protection
Wilson Center 02.1.15 China’s Water-Energy-Food Roadmap
Susan Chan Shifflett, Jennifer L. Turner, Luan Dong, Ilaria Mazzocco, Bai Yunwen
The water-energy-food nexus is creating a complicated challenge for China and the world. Energy development requires water. Moving and cleaning water requires energy. Food production at all stages—from irrigation to distribution—requires water and energy... 		Water, Water Scarcity, Food, Food Scarcity, Food Security, Energy, Clean Energy
Paulson Institute 01.6.15 Rebalancing China’s Energy Strategy
Damien Ma
At a high-level meeting of China’s top finance and economics body in June 2014, President Xi Jinping called for a sweeping energy revolution in China, centered on five areas: demand, production, technology, institutional governance, and global markets.... 		Energy, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Environment
Freedom House 01.1.15 The Politburo’s Predicament
Sarah Cook
Drawing on an analysis of hundreds of official documents, censorship directives, and human rights reports, as well as some 30 expert interviews, the study finds that the overall degree of repression has increased under the new leadership. Of 17... 		Media Control, Chinese Communist Party, Censorship, Freedom of Expression