Energy Events
Ninth Woodrow Wilson Center Cross-Border Forum on Energy Issues
March 06, 2008 // 6:15am — 12:45pm
Canada Institute
In seeking an interim solution that would allow Canada and the United States to continue to use fossil fuels while advancing necessary environmental and energy security goals, panelists discussed the potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a solution.
Population and Climate Change: Relationships, Research, and Responses
February 20, 2008 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Larger populations tend to produce higher total levels of emissions, but other factors—including urbanization, technology, and population age structure—can affect a large population's emissions output, says NCAR's Brian O'Neill.
Efforts in Moving Towards a Low Carbon Future: China's Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Laws
February 13, 2008 // 8:00am — 10:00am
China Environment Forum
Wang Mingyuan, executive director of the Center for Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Law at the Tsinghua University Law School, discusses the content of the energy conservation law, which was amended in 2007.
Restocking China's Environmental Tool Kit
January 31, 2008 // 8:30am — 10:30am
China Environment Forum
Speakers highlight emerging opportunities for improving China's environmental governance system for energy and climate change policy, and pollution control.
ExxonMobil Energy Outlook Presentation
January 30, 2008 // 1:30pm — 3:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
Scott Nauman of ExxonMobil presented "The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030," which lays out the company's predictions for energy supply and demand over the next 25 years and provides a summary of the last quarter century.
Infrastructure Integration and Environmental Preservation in the Amazon
January 16, 2008 // 11:00am — 4:30pm
Brazil Institute
The Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America is meant to forge links between South American countries by integrating the transportation, energy, and telecommunications sectors. The full environmental and social impacts of IIRSA investments should be weighed against the need to promote the continent's economic development and reduce poverty.
Innovative Partnerships for Peace: The Role of Extractive Industries in Resource-Based Conflict Prevention and Mitigation
January 09, 2008 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Panelists analyze existing frameworks for preventing resource-based conflict and present Latin American case studies in which extractive industry companies have attempted to promote peace and stability.
China Grapples with Its Energy Challenges
December 12, 2007 // 8:00am — 10:00am
China Environment Forum
Whether and how well China deals with its energy dilemmas will have deep consequences for the rest of the world, which has a large stake in its success.
Canada and the Arctic: The Issue of Northern Sovereignty
December 11, 2007 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Canada Institute
Panelists reviewed the potential implications of Canada's recent efforts to reassert its sovereignty over the country's northern territory on Canada-U.S. relations. They also assessed the potential security threats and economic opportunities that accompany the possibility of an ice-free Arctic.
Eighth Woodrow Wilson Center Cross-Border Energy Forum
November 09, 2007 // 7:00am — 1:00pm
Canada Institute
This program, sponsored by Chevron and held in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Energy Information, Global Public Affairs, and the Canadian Consulate General in San Francisco, sought to better understand the linkages between energy, the environment, and the economy.