Low-carbon growth links with China: First evidence session
1 March 2012
The Energy and Climate Change Committee will hold the first public evidence hearing of its inquiry Low-carbon growth links with China at 10.10 am on Tuesday 6 March in the Grimond Room.
Who will give evidence?
At 10.10 am
- Professor Corinne Le Quéré, Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia
- Professor Trevor Davies, Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia
- Professor Samuel Fankhauser, Grantham Institute, London School of Economics
At 10.50 am
- Nick Mabey, Chief Executive, E3G
- Felix Preston, Research Fellow, Chatham House
At 11.30 am
- Baroness Bryony Worthington, Sandbag
- George Yu, Sandbag
- Richard Baron, International Energy Agency
All timings are approximate.
Which topics will be covered?
- Where are the opportunities for mutually beneficial low-carbon cooperation between the UK and China?
- Are there opportunities for the UK and China to work together in developing low-carbon models of growth?
- What are the opportunities for developing new low-carbon technologies?
- What role could the UK play in supporting the development of China’s pilot carbon trading schemes?
- What impact could cooperation between the UK and China have on international climate change talks?