Event Details

WHAT: "In Search of China's Sustainable Future: a 30-year Journey" by Prof. Katherine Morton. An RASBJ in-person presentation, moderated by Huw Slater of ClientEarth.



WHEN: March 6, 2024 Wednesday, from 7:00-8:00 PM Beijing Time



WHERE: The Courtyard Institute, 28 Zhonglao Hutong, Dongcheng district, Beijing

北京市东城区中老胡同28号，四合书院

(On Didi and GPS search: Sihe College, 28 Zhonglao Hutong. Parking on the street is impossible.)



MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: Katherine Morton will reflect on her experiences studying environment and climate change in China over the past three decades. Dating back to her first encounter with rural pollution in Zhejiang Province in the early 1990s, she will discuss some pioneering measures taken to introduce cleaner production to the heavily industrialised cities in the Northeast,to control the summer floods in the central Yangtze River basin in 1998, and mitigate the impacts of climate change across the Tibetan Plateau. The journey ends in Hainan, looking at more recent developments taking place in ocean governance. She will reveal how place and local context play an important role in shaping understandings of sustainability over time, while also sharing some of her thoughts on where China is heading next.

Moderator Huw Slater is an Energy and Climate Specialist at ClientEarth. He currently manages the EU-China Environment Project and leads the publication of the annual China Carbon Pricing Survey reports, the most in-depth and extensive summaries of stakeholder views on China's carbon market development.



HOW MUCH: Admission is RMB 100 for members of RASBJ and partner RAS branches, and Schwarzman faculty and students; RMB 200 for non-members. The price includes one welcome drink plus light nibbles.



HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: Please click "Register" or "I Will Attend" by noon on March 5, and follow the instructions. If you experience difficulty paying via Wechat, you may wish to try Alipay instead; you may also pay by credit card. After successful registration you'll receive a confirmation email. If you seem not to have received it, please check your spam folder.



REFUND POLICY: Attendees will be refunded in full if RASBJ cancels this event. Registrations for those who have not paid by noon on March 4 will be cancelled. After noon on March 5, if you registered/paid but discover you cannot attend, please email communications@rasbj.org and RASBJ will offer your spot to others; you'll be refunded if someone takes it.


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Speakers

  • Katherine Morton (Speaker)

    Katherine Morton

    Speaker

    Katherine Morton is the Schwarzman College Professor of Global Affairs. She is also an Associate of the China Centre at the University of Oxford. Her research addresses the domestic and international motivations behind China’s changing role in the world and the implications for foreign policy and the study of international relations. Prior to her appointment at the Schwarzman College, she held the positions of Chair in China’s International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK and Associate Dean for Research at the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. Professor Morton has published widely on China and international relations, global governance, the environment and climate change, food security, and maritime disputes in the South China Sea.

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  • Huw Slater (Moderator)

    Huw Slater

    Moderator

    Based in China since 2011, Huw is an Energy and Climate Specialist at ClientEarth. He currently manages the EU-China Environment Project, which fosters policy integration and collaboration between China and the EU through a series of exchange activities on environmental protection and the green economy, bringing together policymakers and researchers from both sides. He previously worked on the EU-China Emissions Trading Cooperation Platform, the UK Prosperity Fund China Energy and Low Carbon Economy Programme, with the Chinese NGO Institute for Environment and Development and an Australian National University (ANU) team reporting on Climate Change and Fiscal Policy as part of the APEC Finance Ministers’ Policy Initiatives of 2008. Huw is the lead author of the annual China Carbon Pricing Survey reports, the most in-depth and extensive summaries of stakeholder views on China's carbon market development.

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Venue

Courtyard Institute

Sihe College
28 Zhong Lao Hu Tong
北京市东城区中老胡同28号
四合书院
Bei Jing Shi, China

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