Presentations from workshop on air pollution and climate change in China

November 22-23, 2005

Venue: Xi Yuan Hotel

The workshop was organized by:

• Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy of SEPA
• ECON Analysis
• CICERO
• U.S.Environmental Protection Agency

Opening Ceremony

• Chairman: Mr. Yue Ruisheng DDG of Department of International Cooperation of SEPA

Speech by:

• Mr. Zhu Guangyao, vice minister of SEPA
• Mr. Gao Guangsheng, Director General of the Office of National Coordination Committee for Climate Change, NDRC
• Ambassador Tor Chr. Hildan, Embassy of Norway
• Deborah Seligsohn, Environental Science, Technology and Health Counselor, the US Embassy

Session 1: Co-benefits in a Chinese policy setting: Opportunities and obstacles for integrative policies

Chair: Mr. Ren Yong Deputy Director of Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy (PRCEE) of SPEA

• China’s new policy on climate change - Ms. Sun Cuihua, Division Director, NDRC
• Current negotiation progress of climate change - Mr. Sun Guoshun, Division Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Introduction of Total Emission Control Policy - Dr. Liu Bingjiang, Pollution Control Dept. of SEPA
• How to integrate climate change policy and air pollution policy - Dr. Hu Tao, Chief Economist, Policy Research Center of SEPA
• Recommendations and lessons learned from the previous workshops on co-benefits - Prof. Hans Martin Seip, University of Oslo
• Experiences from the US-EPA IES program in China - Mr. Kong Chiu, US-EPA
• Panel discussion (chaired by Dr. Haakon Vennemo and Mr. Collin Green).
• Panel: Mr. Yue Ruisheng, Ms. Sun Cuihua, Mr. Sun Guoshun, Mr. Liu Shusheng, Mr. Liu Bingjiang, Mr. Hu Tao

Session 2: Options for integrative policies

Chair: Dr. Haakon Vennemo, ECON

• So Young Park: Task Force on Green House Gas Reductions of Ministry of Environment in Korea
• Jeongim Park: CO₂ reduction and health benefits of implementing the Seoul Air Quality Management Plan - Preliminary results from the IES-Korea Project Phase II
• Chen Changhong: A co-benefits study in China: Shanghai study
• Hu Tao: Practical steps towards co-control policies
• Li Shantong/He Jianwu: Costs of CO₂ abatement in China - a macroeconomic perspective

Session 3: What do we know about linkages between air pollution and climate change? Local, regional, and global issues.

Chair: Prof. Hans Martin Seip, University of Oslo

• Hajime Akimoto: Observational and modeling studies of inter- and intracontinental transport of Ozone in East Asia
• Vaishali Naik: Net Radiative Forcing Due to Changes in Regional Emissions of Tropospheric Ozone Precursors
• Denise Mauzerall /Eric Larson: Local and regional air pollution, impacts on human health and crops and linkages to GHG abatement
• Surabi Menon: Regional climate/air quality changes over Asia for the 1980-2030 time period: Implications for policy
• Kristin Aunan: The climate impact of domestic solid fuel burning in developing Asia

Session 4: The economics of co-benefits and co-control

Chair: Mr. Kong Chiu, US-EPA

• Mike Holland: Balancing costs and benefits: experience from studies for UK government and the CAFE (Clean Air For Europe) Programme
• He Kebin: A co-benefits study in China: Beijing Case
• Jiang Kejun: Design and Assessment of Energy Tax and Carbon Tax in China
• Tian Chunxiu, Li Liping, Shang Hongbo / Yang Hongwei: The environmental co-benefits of the project of natural gas transmission from west to east China
• Yang Hongwei: National economy impacts assessment of health effects of air pollution in China
• Mun Ho: Estimating local and global benefits of pollution control using an integrated macro-and-bottoms-up approach
• Bai Xuemei: Integrating global concerns into local management: challenges and experiences

Session 5: Conclusions and follow-up

• Hu Tao, Collin Green and Kristin Aunan: Follow up and prospects for further cooperation (brief summary and discussion)
• Closing speech: Dr. Ye Ruqiu, Counselor of the State Council