Topic:

Ms. Sarah Forbes will discuss the dynamics of China's economic growth on energy and environment

Details:

China's current pace of growth combined with high environmental costs have led to the government's powerful economic planner, National Development and Reform Commission, to promise substantial increases in clean-energy capacity and pricing reform to encourage cleaner alternatives to China's dominant domestic fuel, coal. Ms. Sarah Forbes will discuss China's shale gas industry as well as continued improvements in energy efficiency and renewable energy that will drive the governmental policies for future development in China. Ms. Forbes will discuss the implications of U.S.-China business-to-business partnerships as well as government-to-government cooperation - including the risks and opportunities such cooperation could yield. She will also describe how clean energy and shale gas development in China and the United States changes the global dynamics of energy security. Join NCAC to hear from Ms. Sarah Forbes on this timely topic of China's energy and environmental challenges to maintain its current pace of economic growth.

Speaker:

Ms. Sarah Forbes, Senior Associate for the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute

Speaker's Bio:

Sarah M. Forbes has been a senior associate for the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI) since May 2008. She is also manager of the World Resources Institute's Shale Gas Initiative. Sarah leads the technology consortium within the climate and energy program, managing the WRI initiatives on shale gas and carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) in China. This research is aimed at developing tools and analyses that inform regulatory developments and standards, with a focus on environmental and social integrity. WRI is a non-profit environmental think-tank that works at the intersection of human and environment needs.

Sarah began working on joint US-China issues in 2008 and partnered with Tsinghua University to lead a bilateral stakeholder process which led to the publication of Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture Transport and Storage in China. This work followed the successful effort Sarah led to develop the Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport and Storage, a robust set of technical guidelines for how to responsibly proceed with safe CCS projects which have informed the global development of environmental regulations for CCS.

Prior to joining WRI, Sarah worked at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), serving in a number of capacities. Notably she led the roadmap development for the Department of Energy’s carbon sequestration research program and conducted analyses on environmental aspects of CCS, the energy-water nexus, and climate change.

For the past twelve years Sarah has applied her ecological perspective to the regulatory, political and engineering challenges associated with demonstrating and deploying new energy technologies.

Sarah Forbes graduated with degrees from Wheaton College in Illinois and a master's degree from Mississippi State University.

Date:

Friday June 7th

Time:

12:00 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Location:

Chinatown Gardens Restaurant, 618 H St NW second floor (near Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro).

Tickets:

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RSVP:

By COB Wednesday June 5th

For Information:

Omar Cabrales, Chapter Treasurer (202) 502-6710

Cost:

$25.00 for Members and for their guests
$30.00 for Non-Members
$5.00 for Student Members (For Student Non-Members, please Join NCAC for $10,
and then return to this page and register for this event as a Student Member)

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