The Center for Public Policy and Administration will welcome Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, to campus on April 5. During a public lecture, Turner will speak about the important role that water plays in energy development and economic security in the United States and China.
In her talk, “Water-Energy Choke Points in the United States and China,” Turner will examine the intersection of the growing demand for energy and the shrinking water supply in both countries. Because access to water is among the most significant barriers to developing new reserves of oil, coal and natural gas, countries that consume a lot of energy, like the U.S. and China, have much to gain from addressing these water-energy choke points. Turner will explore both countries’ opportunities to do so.
Turner’s expertise lies primarily in environmental and energy policy in China, with a strong background in water governance and environmental civil society development in China. For this talk she will draw on nearly two years of research and reporting by the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., and the Michigan-based research organization Circle of Blue.
April 5, 2012, noon to 1 p.m., Campus Center 803.
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