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  • Toxic Politics: China’s Environmental Health Crisis and Its Challenge to the Chinese State

    Public Event

    Yanzhong Huang argues that institutional failures result in critical environmental damage and related health crises in China.

  • Titans of the Climate

    Public Event

    Dr. Kelly Sims Gallagher, a Tufts University professor and former U.S. climate policymaker, examines and compares how the United States and China design and implement policies to combat climate change.

  • Will China Save the Planet?

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    Barbara Finamore, expert in environmental law and Chinese energy policy, explains the significance of China’s new leadership role in international efforts to combat climate change.

  • Urban Environmental Change in China, the U.S., and Hong Kong

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    Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng discuss the environmental challenges facing city governments in the United States, Hong Kong, and China.

  • "Death by Design" Film Screening

    Public Event

    Sue Williams' new film examines the environmental and health impact of the consumer electronics industry. 

  • Rethinking Water Challenges in China

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    Hongqiao Liu discusses her recent research on drinking water contamination and rare earth metals mining in China.

  • Global Energy Transition and China's Energy Revolution

    Public Event

    Experts from our U.S.-China Track II Energy Dialogue discuss Sino-American energy cooperation and how China can achieve the renewable energy and energy efficiency goals outlined in its 13th Five-Year Plan.

  • China After the Paris Climate Conference

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    Author Mark L. Clifford outlines the global and domestic context of China’s energy and environmental policies.

  • Professional Fellows Program

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    The Professional Fellows Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is a two-way capacity building exchange for emerging NGO leaders in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States in the fields of environment, legal aid, philanthropy, and community building among marginalized populations. The National Committee works with NGOs in the United States, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to carry out the program with a total of 28 Asian fellows and 14 American counterparts each year of the three-year cycle.

  • China Energy 2020

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    China’s energy policy exerts a profound influence on the global economy and the environment. To better understand the future trajectory of China’s energy needs, the National Committee hosted China Energy 2020. The forum explored how China -- the world's biggest energy producer and consumer, and largest generator of greenhouse gas emissions -- can reach its economic, environmental and energy goals.

  • U.S.-China Track II Energy Dialogue

    Program

    American and Chinese experts from academia, think tanks, and industry gather for a two-day dialogue exploring how significant climate change and energy developments are altering each country's energy outlook.

  • Green Innovation in China: Book Talk with Author Joanna Lewis

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    As the greatest coal producing and consuming nation in the world, China would seem an unlikely haven for wind power. Yet the country now boasts a world-class industry that promises to make low-carbon technology more affordable and available to all.

  • Recent Developments in Hong Kong: Environmental Issues and Beyond

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    Christine Loh, undersecretary for the environment in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, discussed recent developments in Hong Kong as well as environmental issues in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong Province on Thursday, February 7 in New York. This National Committee event was co-sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office.  

  • Environmental Law Professionals Exchange

    Program

    In 2011, the National Committee, in partnership with the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims at China University of Political Science and Law, sponsored a two-way exchange for environmental law professionals in China and the United States.

  • Environmental Sustainability in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

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    The National Committee, in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities and with funding from the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, sponsored an exchange of emerging leaders from earthquake-affected areas of Sichuan and post-Katrina areas of the Gulf Coast designed to exchange ideas about sustainability in long-term post-disaster recovery.

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