Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe

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Michel Colombier is deputy director of the Institut for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) and a member of the Scientific Council of 'Fonds Français pour L'Environnement Mondial' (FFEM).

Michel Colombier is an energy specialist. He worked at the French Ministry of Economy, at the French Agency for Environment and Energy (ADEME) and was a French delegate at the Kyoto protocol negotiation. He co-authored the "Energy 2010-2020" report for the French prime minister.

Formerly a director of "International Conseil Energie" (ICE-Paris), he developed energy projects in developing and transition countries (China, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe) and was a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory panel of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) from 1998 to 2001.

Dr Kejun Jiang began research on climate change relative to energy policy analysis in 1993, focusing on energy technology policy assessment, energy supply policy assessment, renewable energy development and energy conservation. At present he is working on energy and environment policy assessment and is leading China's Integrated Policy Assessment Model (IPAC) team. His major focus includes energy and emission scenarios, energy policy, energy system, energy market analysis, climate change, local environment policies and international negotiation.

From 1997, Dr Kejun Jiang participated in Working Group III of the International Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report and was a lead author for the the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (Working Group Three Chapter 3) and for GEO-4 Chapter 2.

Dr Kejun Jiang's recent studies include energy and emission scenarios, assessment on energy and fuel tax, research on China's potential to achieve its energy targets and development ?f the Integrated Policy Assessment model. He received his Ph.D in Social Engineering from the Department of Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Jennifer Morgan is E3G’s Climate and Energy Security Director. She joined E3G on October 1st, 2006, on a two-year secondment from WWF International. Currently she serves as Senior Advisor to the German Chancellor´s Chief Advisor, Dr. Schellnhuber, and leads E3G´s political and analytical work on EU relations with China and the United States, with a particular focus on energy and climate security issues.

Prior to joining E3G, Jennifer Morgan led the Global Climate Change Programme of Worldwide Fund for Nature, present in over 30 countries around the world. She joined WWF in July 1998, and headed the WWF delegation to the Kyoto Protocol climate negotiations. Jennifer formulated and advocated climate change policies on the international and national level and directed WWF’s science, business and communications efforts, acting as chief spokesperson for the organisation on climate change. She has also served on a number of Boards including the Climate Action Network, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership and REN21.

Before joining WWF Ms. Morgan worked for the US Climate Action Network, a network of over 200 environmental groups worldwide with eight regional offices working on global climate change. She took a leave of absence from CAN in 1996 to accept a fellowship with the Robert Bosch Foundation in Germany. During her year in Germany she worked for the European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future and for the Federal Ministry of Environment, supporting the head of the German delegation to the UN climate change negotiations.

Before her time at CAN, Ms. Morgan worked for the International Council for Local Environmental Issues in Freiburg, Germany on the Cities for Climate Protection campaign. Prior to that she worked on international trade issues at the Natural Resources Defense Council and on World Bank policy at the National Audubon Society.

She has a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University in Political Science and Germanic Studies and a Masters of Art from the School of International Service, The American University in International Affairs.

Richard Tarasofsky heads the Energy, Environment and Development Programme (EEDP) at Chatham House. EEDP is the largest research programme and has a well established reputation for carrying out cutting-edge research on a wide range of policy issues relating to sustainable development. In addition to heading EEDP, he leads the programme’s research on two themes: business and sustainable development, and international governance of environment and development.

Before joining Chatham House in 2004 he was in private practice as an international lawyer specialising in sustainable development. He worked with governments, international organisations and non-governmental organizations around the world. His areas of expertise include the sustainable development aspects of trade and the environment, biodiversity, globalization, global governance, intellectual property rights, forests and marine environment – at both the international and European levels. He also worked from 1993 to 1998 as a legal officer at the Environmental Law Centre of IUCN, the World Conservation Union, which is the world’s oldest and largest international environmental network.

Throughout his career, Mr Tarasofsky’s work has involved providing advice on current international negotiations, researching new areas of law and policy, and running events that bring diverse perspectives together for constructive dialogue. This has involved interfacing with all key stakeholder groups: governments, NGOs and the business sector. He has also published widely on environmental issues in academic and professional publications.

Prior to becoming engaged on international sustainable development issues, he practised criminal and labour law in Toronto, Canada, and was researcher at the UN High Commission for Refugees’ branch office in Ottawa, Canada.

He was educated at McGill University, Montreal, as well as Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto and the London School of Economics. He is a member of the Ontario Bar and holds a number of professional affiliations.

Bernice has over ten years experience in devising strategies and managing research projects in the areas of international trade, development policy, environmental sustainability and corporate governance. Prior to joining the team she was Senior Manager and Advisor (Policy) of the Aga Khan Foundation (UK).

From 2002 Bernice was Policy Analysis and Strategy Advisor at the Geneva-based International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. In 2000-2002, she worked on the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development project at the International Institute for Environment and Development.

Bernice was also an Officer at the Strategic Planning Unit of the Secretary-General's office in the United Nations; Warren Weaver Fellow (International Security) at the Rockefeller Foundation; Research Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; and a part-time lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Birmingham University.

Bernice holds an MSc in International Relations from the LSE and BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, where she was a College Scholar.

Rebecca graduated from Cambridge University, where she studied Geography, in 2004. She went on to spend six months teaching English in China, before attending the London School of Oriental and African Studies where she completed a Masters degree in China and International Politics, taking additional papers in Southeast Asian government and politics as well as Mandarin Chinese.

Her Masters thesis was on Chinese energy security and foreign policy. With professional experience across public and private sector organizations, Rebecca has developed an expertise on the dynamics of Chinese foreign and economic policy.

She has worked as a market analyst looking at international trade and shipping for Clarksons, a world leading shipbrokers, and has acted as consultant to Save the Children on China's involvement with Africa.

As a researcher to a Nobel-prize nominated NGO, Rebecca has researched the political and ethical dim?nsions of Chinese international trade patterns. Rebecca also provides Southeast Asian political risk analysis to a City-based political risk consultancy.

Jun Li is a Ph. D student at the Industrial Economics research centre of the Ecole des Mines de Paris and works with the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris. His thesis deals with the policy instruments for Building energy efficiency in the emerging countries, in particular in the Chinese cities.

Jun Li joined the Climate & Energy research team of Iddri in January 2006 as a doctoral researcher. His research interests cover climate change, energy efficiency, public polices in building construction in China. Recently, Jun LI has been working on modelling of energy demand for heating and cooling in Tianjin and Shanghai's residential buildings as well as the relevant CO2 emission implications.

Jun Li also holds a M.Phil of Urban planning from the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, a Paris based Engineering school.

Beverley is a Senior Research Fellow on Climate Change, Trade and Competitiveness at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs). She is responsible for the strategic leadership of Chatham House's work on climate change, focusing in particular on the connections between climate change, foreign policy, security, energy and investment. Beverley leads the institute's research on climate change and leadership, energy security and climate security.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Beverley worked for the UK Diplomatic Service (1999—2005). She spent three years working as a negotiator for the UK Climate Change delegation. During this time she participated in six United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations, leading on developing country issues.

She subsequently worked as an Environment Attaché at the British Embassy in Athens where she was responsible for delivering the UK's objectives on environment and sustainable development, focusing in particular on the EU emissions trading scheme.

Beverley holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London (1999) and a BSc in Geography from the University of Durham (1996).

Xiao's area of interest is climate change, particularly with reference to the use of market-based mechanisms such as CDM. He also has broad knowledge of CDM in China and has worked on the UNIDO-led renewable energy promotion program in China.

He holds an MSc in Environmental Technology and a BSc (Hon) in Environmental Management from Imperial College London.