U.S.-China Energy Cooperation: Risks, Opportunities, and Solutions

November 2015

Past Event

U.S.-China Energy Cooperation: Risks, Opportunities, and Solutions

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

November 16, 2015

November 2015

Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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Speakers:

Yossie Hollander

Chairman, Fuel Freedom Foundation

Qiang Liu

Secretary-General, Global Forum on Energy Security

Fuqiang Yang

Senior Advisor on Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Natural Resources Defense Council’s China Program

Damien Ma

Fellow, Paulsen Institute

Gal Luft

Co-Director, Institute for Analysis of Global Security

Jerry Fletcher

Director, U.S.-China Energy Center & Natural Resource Analysis Center, West Virginia University

David Sandalow

Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Jeremy Carl

Research Fellow, Hoover Institution

As the world’s second largest economy, China’s energy demands are growing fast. In the next fifteen years, China is projected to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest oil consumer, and Russia as the world’s second largest natural gas consumer. By 2035, China is expected to become the world’s largest energy importer, as its energy production rises 47%, while consumption rises by 60%. China’s oil import dependence is projected to rise from 60% in 2013 to 75% in 2035.

How will the world’s second largest economy meet its energy needs without endangering the environment or violating its pledge to cap CO2 emissions by 2030, especially as its transportation-related energy demand is estimated to rise 98%? How can the U.S. help China realize greater energy independence, and shape a future energy picture in Asia that both eases geopolitical tensions and weans China and other Asian nations off OPEC?

To address these and other issues, Hudson Institute hosted a day-long conference on November 16th featuring energy policy experts from both China and the U.S.

Click here to see Fuqiang Yang's slides.

Click here to see Damien Ma's slides.

Click here to see Gal Luft's slide.

Click here to see David Sandalow's slides.

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