Abstract
Last November’s joint announcement of national climate targets by Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping has framed the preparations for this December’s crucial Paris climate Summit. China intends that its CO2 emissions will peak around 2030 and will use its best efforts to bring that date forward. Plainly the development of China’s energy economy is highly relevant to the global effort to mitigate climate change and to the forthcoming Paris negotiations.
Against this background, Prof Yufeng Yang, of the Energy Research Institute of China’s NDRC, will present the emerging conclusions of his 2015 China Energy Outlook, to be published later in the year. The Outlook is the public version of work that Prof Yang has been doing for the Chinese government for some years. His presentation is expected to throw further light on the prospects for renewables and fossil fuels in China, the future levels of coal demand, and the crucial question of when China’s CO2 emissions themselves will peak.
Biography
Prof. Yufeng Yang received his Ph. D from Tsinghua University in 1999. His academic background covers mining engineering, economics, and environmental science.
Since June 2001, he has worked in Energy Research Institute (ERI), National Development and Reform Commission of P. R. China. His research fields include energy economics, energy statistics, energy modeling, energy security (oil price analysis), energy environment and climate change, global energy governance and energy geopolitical issues.
As a research professor, he worked in the Energy Leading Group Office of P.R. China during 2006-2008, mainly focusing on building a national energy forecasting and analysis platform and on writing energy economic situations reports. He is now in charge of the comprehensive publication “CHINA ENERGY OUTLOOK.”
Yufeng Yang is a senior expert member of Sino-Russia Energy Situations Assessment Working Group and also the co-founder of the Beijing Energy Club. He has fulfilled above 50 key research projects, published 9 books as the co-author, and won 9 awards, including one issued by UK government in 2013.
He owns two software copyright certificates on energy economic modelling system. He has published about 160 papers, maintaining long-term collaborations with the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Energy Charter Secretariat, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, etc.
He led the development and release of the “China 2050 Pathway” in 2012. Meanwhile, as joint project leader, he contributes to the “Global Energy Governance” in collaboration with the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, effectively supporting the G20 activities. He is also committed to receiving research assistants (PhD and Master candidates) and interns from domestic and international top Universities. He is now as a short-term senior fellow in Energy Charter Secretariat to study the One Belt and One Road strategy under new global energy and economic situations.