In recent years, the United States and China have engaged in high-profile discussions and collaborated on various aspects of clean energy. The United States and China have also separately worked with Japan. However, these nations—the world’s three largest economies and three of the four largest energy consumers—have not worked together in a trilateral format.
On October 25, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings and the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia hosted a seminar featuring presentations by experts from Japan, China, and the U.S. Panelists will describe existing bilateral cooperation on developing clean energy markets and policies, and will illuminate opportunities for truly trilateral cooperation, especially in the areas of energy efficiency and clean coal.
After each panel, the speakers took audience questions.
Agenda
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October 25
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10:00 AM -- Introduction
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center -
10:15 AM -- Panel 1: Clean Energy in the Paradigm of Energy Security
Erica S. Downs Former Brookings ExpertZha Daojiong Visiting Scholar - Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, Professor of International Political Economy and Director of the Center on Transnational Issues - School of International Studies, Peking UniversityTakahiko Onozuka Special Advisor for Environment Business Promotion, Japan Bank for International CooperationTatsuya Shinkawa Chief Representative; Washington, DC Office; New Energy and Industrial Technology DevelopmentJoanna Lewis Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and International Affairs - Georgetown University @JoannaILewis -
12:30 PM -- Keynote Address
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterKatherine Sierra Former Brookings Expert -
1:30 PM -- Panel 2: Prospects and Bottlenecks for Clean Energy Cooperation
Jane Nakano Fellow, Energy and National Security Program - Center for Strategic and International StudiesGang He Research Associate, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford UniversityNobuhiro Horii Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Business Systems, Faculty of Economics, Kyushu UniversityJake Schmidt Director, International Program - Natural Resources Defense CouncilJennifer L. Turner Director, China Environment Forum - Woodrow Wilson Center
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