Join our curated panel of experts to discuss recent energy & climate policy developments and areas for bilateral cooperation.

The Australia China Business Council will host a hybrid roundtable organised by the Australian National University on the implications of decarbonisation for Australia and China.

This event will help identify future economic opportunities under fast developing policy settings in Australia and China. The starting point of the discussion will be China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), for which sectoral plans are currently being rolled out. A brief prepared by ANU will be provided before the event.

Australia and China’s low-carbon transitions are deeply linked through their systems of energy and resource production and use. Low-carbon transitions open opportunities to establish new energy, resource and processing industries in Australia, on the basis of natural resource endowments and industrial capabilities. It is therefore critical for many Australian businesses, governments and other stakeholders to develop a deep understanding of China’s low-carbon transition.

Please note that this event will be live-streamed, no recording will be available afterwards. In-person attendance is by invite-only.

This event is the first of a series of ANU organised events on Australia-China links on low-carbon technology transitions, sponsored by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations. To receive future briefings and notices on future events in this series, sign up by sending an email to jorrit.gosens@anu.edu.au.

This workshop is convened by ANU Crawford School of Public Policy in association with ANU Centre for China in the World and Grand Challenge Zero Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific.

THIS EVENT CONSISTS OF TWO SESSIONS

Session 1: China’s Decarbonisation Plans: Key Developments and Relevance for Australia

1:00pm – 2:15pm AEDT

• Sha Fu – Program Director of the Low Carbon Economic Growth Program, Energy Foundation China
• Da Zhang – Associate Professor, Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University
• Hongzhang Xu – Research Associate, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, The Australian National University
• Helena Robin Bordie – General Manager, Global Macro, China and India Research, Rio Tinto
• Session moderator: Frank Jotzo – Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Session 2: Decarbonisation and Implications for Commodity Trade

2:45pm – 4:00pm AEDT

• Merriden Varrall – Director of the Australia Geopolitics Hub, KPMG
• Jorrit Gosens – Fellow, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, The Australian National University
• Sophie Lu – Principal, Carbon Management, Scope 3, BHP
• Session moderator: Llewelyn Hughes – Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

COST: Attendance is free of charge, thanks to generous sponsorship from the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations