CCCI and Joanna Lewis present: Cooperating for the Climate Learning from International Partnerships in China's Clean Energy Sector

Thursday, April 04, 2024 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Berkeley Law, Room 141

Join CCCI for an insightful talk with author Joanna Lewis on her book, "Cooperating for the Climate: Learning from International Partnerships in China's Clean Energy Sector," an examination of international efforts to combat climate change through collaboration, with a particular focus on China's pivotal role. Joanna Lewis is an expert in clean energy and climate policy. She discusses the challenges and opportunities of working with China, who have great potential in leading climate mitigation.

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Joanna Lewis is Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Energy and Environment and Director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program (STIA) at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She has over two decades of experience working on international climate and clean energy policy with a focus on China. At Georgetown she runs the Clean Energy and Climate Research Group and leads several dialogues facilitating U.S. China climate change engagement. Lewis is also a faculty affiliate at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Center for Security and Emerging Technologies, among others.

Cooperating for the Climate: Learning from International Partnerships in China’s Clean Energy Sector was recently released by MIT Press. The book is an examination of international efforts to combat climate change through collaboration, with a particular focus on China's pivotal role. Joanna Lewis is an expert in clean energy and climate policy. She discusses the challenges and opportunities of working with China, who have great potential in leading climate mitigation.