Dear colleagues, With my apologies for possible cross-postings and the self-promotion, but I believe some of you may be interested in the event below. At LINES, Leuven University's International and European Studies institute (Belgium), we are hosting a "double" launch event of the Annual Review of Low Carbon Development in China (ed. Qi Ye, Brookings-Tsinghua) and a special issue of CCLR on China's climate change politics.
Everyone is kindly invited. Best regards, David Belis Dr. David Belis Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Climate Policy Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) Faculty of Social Sciences University of Leuven (Belgium) ________________________________ Subject: International Workshop on China's Climate Policy and the Paris Summit - Feb 26, University of Leuven [LINES]<http://soc.kuleuven.be/lines> The Brooking-Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy & Leuven International and European Studies (LINES, University of Leuven) [logo]<https://soc.kuleuven.be/lines/events/beyond-a-tipping-point-chinas-climate-policy-and-the-paris-summit> kindly invite you to an International Workshop on: Beyond a Tipping Point? China's Climate Policy and the Paris Summit.<https://soc.kuleuven.be/lines/events/beyond-a-tipping-point-chinas-climate-policy-and-the-paris-summit> Friday 26 February 2016, 10h-12h Hollands College - Refter - Pater Daminaanplein 9, Leuven With Prof. Dr. Qi Ye, Director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy and Visiting Scholar at Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), University of Leuven (KU Leuven) [QiYe]<https://soc.kuleuven.be/lines/events/beyond-a-tipping-point-chinas-climate-policy-and-the-paris-summit> This International Workshop aims to provide an informal space to discuss China’s international and domestic climate policies in the run-up to and aftermath of the 2015 Paris summit. Has China passed a “tipping point” in its domestic and international climate change policies? That is the overarching question addressed in this Workshop. In 2015, the world agreed for the very first time on an inclusive, universal and legally binding global treaty, based on nationally determined mitigation contributions by all countries: the Paris Agreement. The role of China has been crucial in its formation and will be crucial in its implementation. And there are many clues that China is gradually turning the tanker on GHG emissions. But it is also true that it will take time. China’s currently most prominent target, to peak CO2emissions, will take another 15 years (2030 or earlier) to fully materialize. However, China’s action to invest in non-fossil fuel energy sources is sincere and may be a game changer in the mid-term. Moreover, EU and U.S. pledges are of a similar ambition, and in that sense China is now on an equal international footing. This Workshop is also the launch event of a special issue of Carbon and Climate Law Review (CCLR) onClimate Change Politics in China: A Coming of Age? (ed. by David Belis, KU Leuven and Qi Ye, Tsinghua University) and the Annual Review of Low-Carbon Development in China 2015 (ed. by Qi Ye). Participation is free, but registration<https://soc.kuleuven.be/lines/events/registraionIntlWS> is required by Monday 22 February. Read more about the programme. <https://soc.kuleuven.be/lines/events/beyond-a-tipping-point-chinas-climate-policy-and-the-paris-summit> This e-invitaion is an edition from the Leuven International and European Studies. Unsubscribe <mailto:[email protected]> Remarks or reactions to: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>e<mailto:[email protected]>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
