E3G

EU-China Interdependencies: report launch tomorrow

By Chris Littlecott

We would like to invite you to a meeting to be co-hosted by Chatham House and the European Policy Centre in Brussels on 22nd November 2007 to discuss the key findings of the project ‘Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe’.

The authors of the report will set out some concrete policy options to strengthen the foundation for engagement on energy and climate security between China and the EU over the next 25 years.

In addition to the authors of the report, key invited speakers include independent experts and representatives of the European institutions.

We anticipate that participants at this meeting will comprise senior-level experts in climate change, energy security, global economics and business, from NGOs, industry, research institutions, the European Commission and national delegations.

The event will be held on 22nd November 2007, 14.30 – 17.00, followed by drinks reception, at Crowne Plaza, 107 Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

To attend, please send your details to Iain MacKenzie, the Project Coordinator, at .

Project Background

China and the European Union (EU) together account for around 30% of global energy consumption and 30% of global emissions. Their common interests provide a foundation for deepening collaborative efforts on energy and climate security over the next quarter-century. The combined economic might of the EU, the world’s largest single market, and China, the fastest-growing economy, can provide unprecedented opportunities to generate benefits of scale that will lower the costs of climate-friendly goods and services globally. 

To facilitate further understanding of EU-Chinese interdependence and areas of potential collaboration, Chatham House, E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Chinese Energy Research Institute, IDDRI and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research have come together in the past nine months to provide an independent analysis and policy options on EU-China collaboration on energy and climate security, which will be made available to European and Chinese Ministers in advance of the EU-China Summit on the 28th November 2007. The project is supported by the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development as well as the Open Society Foundation.