Title:   China's Environmental Challenges:  Energy and Climate Change

Speaker:   Joanna I. Lewis (Georgetown University)

Topic/Issues:  

1. Carbon footprint and greenhouse gases
2. Vulnerable geographic regions
3. Climate and security
4. Impacts on the population and society
5. Efforts to deal with environmental issues
6. Windpower as a case study

Resources:

1. China's Environmental Challenges
2. China Environment Forum (Wilson Center)

Readings:

1. Lewis, Joanna I.  Green Innovation in China: China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy (Columbia University Press, 2012)
2. Economy, Elizabeth.  The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future (Council on Foreign Relations / Cornell University Press, 2004)
3. Shapiro, Judith.  Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
4. Simons, Craig.  The Devouring Dragon: How China's Rise Threatens Our Natural World  (St. Martin's Press, 2013)
5. Osnos, Evan.  "If China Lives Like America: Q. & A. with Craig Simons" (31 May 2013)

Goals:

1. [tbd]