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Book 1: Clearing the Air

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A multi-component assessment by a Harvard and Tsinghua collaborative team integrates studies to estimate and compare the national health damages of ambient air pollution in China by sector. It uses these estimates to assess the effects of green tax...

Technology, development, and the environment

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In an attempt to achieve the positive externalities from a more knowledge-intensive economy, many developing countries have emphasized improvements in their science and technology (S&T) capabilities. China, in particular, has been experiencing an...

New York Times and VICE News Quote Nielsen on China's CO2 and Air Pollution Control

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Project Executive Director Chris NIELSEN is quoted in the New York Times questioning the permanence of any short-term peak of coal use in China, and emphasizing the dependence of China's carbon trajectory on the course of its slowing economy and policy...

About the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy, and Environment

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Founded in 1993 and based in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment (“Harvard-China Project”) conducts rigorous, peer-reviewed studies with partner institutions...

Building Energy Efficiency in China: Policies and Trends

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Speaker: Barbara Finamore Barbara FINAMORE, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Co-sponsored by the China Project, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Harvard Center for Green Buildings...

Logistics for a Low-Carbon Economy: Hydrogen and Ammonia Distribution. Opportunities and Challenges

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Clean hydrogen is emerging as a key energy carrier in the transition to a low-carbon economy. However, its large-scale distribution presents significant logistical challenges. Multiple transportation methods are available, ranging from pipelines and...

Evaluating the Impact of the Feed-in Tariffs on Solar PV and Wind Power Development in China

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A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Changgui Dong, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China Dr. Changgui Dong's research focuses on energy and environmental economics, technological change...

Estimating flexible consumption functions for urban and rural households in China

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There are few comprehensive studies of household consumption in China due to data restrictions. This prevents the calculation of inequality indices based on consumption. Secondly, this makes a comprehensive analysis of policies that affect consumption...

Book 2: Clearer Skies Over China

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This multi-component research initiative was led by Harvard-China Project researchers at Harvard, Tsinghua University, and Nanjing University. The program evaluated the economic and environmental costs and benefits of national policies to control air...

The Social Cost of Automobiles and Environment Policies in Asia: A Comparative Study on China and Japan

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Speaker: MATSUTANI Harutoshi Professor Harutoshi Matsutani, Fellow, Harvard Asia Center; Professor of Economics, Aichi University, Japan Chair: Professor Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus Discussants: Professor Andrew...

Energy, agriculture, and the environment: Prospects for Sino-American cooperation

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China will achieve a position of paramount importance in the world economy and the global political order in years to come; yet, the United States holds to no consistent policy with regard to this rising superpower. In the ideological void left by the end...

Nicola De Blasio

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Dr. Nicola De Blasio is a globally recognized energy scholar and innovator whose work has shaped the intersection of energy technology, policy, and sustainability for over 25 years. His career spans leadership roles in industry, academia, and strategic...