UK-China Workshop on Energy and Climate Change Economics
University College London (UCL) and Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) will hold the UK-China Workshop on Energy and Climate Change Economics on December 3-4, 2021.
UK-China Workshop on Energy and Climate Change Economics
03 Dec 2021 - 04 Dec 2021
International collaborations are critical in addressing the global challenges of climate change and achieving the goal of worldwide fossil energy reduction. The UK is the first major economy to legitimize net-zero emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2050. China, the second largest economy, has also announced its goals to reach carbon neutrality before 2060.
University College London (UCL) and Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) will hold the UK-China Workshop on Energy and Climate Change Economics on December 3-4, 2021 in London. The workshop will serve as a platform for researchers and practitioners to share the most recent ideas, outcomes, and practices on energy and climate change economics. It aims to form a sustainable collaboration mechanism between both sides, in order to build a world-class team on energy and climate change economics. The workshop is funded by the British Council and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Opening Remarks:
- Christoph Lindner, Professor and Dean of The Bartlett Faculty at UCL
- Yi-Ming Wei, Professor and Vice President of Beijing Institute of Technology
Keynote Speakers:
- Raimund Bleischwitz, Professor, University College London
- D’Maris Coffman, Professor, University College London
- Qiao-Mei Liang, Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology
- David Maddison, Professor, University of Birmingham
- Bronwyn Wake, Chief Editor, Nature Climate Change
Editor session:
- D’Maris Coffman, Editor-in-Chief, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
- David Maddison, Co-Editor, Climate Change Economics
- Chuan Liao, Editor-in-Chief, World Development
- Yutao Wang, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cleaner Production
- Yi-Ming Wei, Editor-in-Chief, Energy and Climate Change
Chairs:
- Hua Liao, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Zhifu Mi, University College London
Date: 3rd December 2021
Venue: UCL Institute of Education (IOE)
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Title and affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.00 - 9.10 | Opening remarks | Christoph Lindner | Professor and Dean of The Bartlett Faculty at UCL |
| 9.10 - 9.20 | Opening remarks | Yi-Ming Wei | Professor and Vice President of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) |
| 9.20 - 9.30 | Introduction on the workshop | Zhifu Mi | Associate Professor at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction (BSSC) at UCL |
| Keynote Speech Session Chair: Zhifu Mi | |||
| 9.30 - 9.55 | Going Nuclear: the importance of UNECE’s recent announcement to achieving sustainable energy transitions | D’Maris Coffman | Professor and Director of The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction (BSSC) at UCL |
| 9.55 - 10.20 | The circular economy in China: achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonisation | Raimund Bleischwitz | Professor and Director of The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) at UCL |
| 10.20 - 10.45 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10.45 - 11.10 | How do demand-side policies contribute to the electrification and decarburization of private transportation in China? A CGE-based analysis | Qiao-Mei Liang | Professor and Head of the Research Division of Energy-Climate-Economy Integrated System Modeling in Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP) at BIT |
| 11.10 - 11.35 | The disamenity impact of solar farms: A Hedonic analysis | David Maddison | Professor and Director of the Birmingham Centre for Environmental and Energy Economics and Management (BCEEEM) at University of Birmingham |
| 11.35 - 12.00 | Nature Climate Change and its interests on economics (TBC) | Bronwyn Wake | Chief Editor of Nature Climate Change |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch | ||
Invited Speech Session | |||
| 13.00 - 13.20 | Net zero infrastructure development – the need for circular economy solutions | Patrick Schröder | Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House |
| 13.20 - 13.40 | A multi-factor integrated model for carbon price forecasting: Market interaction promoting carbon emission reduction | Lu-Tao Zhao | Professor and Deputy Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at BIT |
| 13.40 - 14.00 | Water 4.0: The digital transformation of the water sector | Evina Katsou | Professor and Course Director of the Water Engineering MSc at Brunel University |
| 14.00 - 14.20 | Cleaner Production and Life Cycle Thinking in Pulp and Paper Industry Towards Carbon Neutrality | Yutao Wang | Professor and Executive Director of Fudan Tyndall Centre at Fudan University |
| 14.20 - 14.40 | Resource resilient foundries: Transition to net zero | Konstantinos Salonitis | Professor and Head of Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre and the Deputy Director of the Manufacturing Theme at Cranfield |
| 14.40 - 15.00 | Sustainable and just energy transitions in the global south | Chuan Liao | Assistant Professor at Arizona State University |
| 15.00 - 15.20 | Coffee Break | ||
Journal Editor Session | |||
| 15.20 - 17.00 | Introduction on journals and tips for academic publishing | Journal editors | Co-Editor, Climate Change Economics Co-Editor-in-Chief, Energy and Climate Change Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cleaner Production Co-Editor-in-Chief, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Development |
| 17.00 - 19.00 | Dinner |
Register for online participation
Date: 4 December 2021
Venue: UCL Institute of Education (IOE)
There will be 3 parallel sessions.
Supporting journals:
This workshop is supported by special issues of two journals. Selected papers will be recommended to the two special issues.
- Special Issue on “The end game: how to achieve carbon neutrality”, Journal of Cleaner Production. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-cleaner-production/call-for-papers/how-to-achieve-carbon-neutrality
- Special Issue on “Carbon neutrality and socio-economic development”, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/carbon-neutrality-soci...
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