China's green tech: From its role in global decarbonisation to domestic overcapacity realities
Can China’s green tech production keep pace with both its domestic decarbonisation needs and global demand?
Speakers
Agenda
Check-in & welcome coffee
15:00-15:30Agenda
Opening remarks
15:30-15:35- Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director
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Discussion
15:35-16:45- Alicia GarcÃa-Herrero, Bruegel Senior fellow
- Ben McWilliams, Bruegel Affiliate fellow
- Max Zenglein, Chief economist, MERICS
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Q&A
16:45-17:00Ask your question on #china
China plays a crucial role in the world’s green transition for two opposite reasons; it is the world’s largest emitter, but also the largest producer of green tech such as renewable energy. The question, then, is whether China can cover all of its green tech needs for its own decarbonization and that of the rest of the world.
At this event Alicia GarcÃa Herrero will present new research which confirms that not only this is the case, but also that China will accumulate additional overcapacity over time if its current level of investment is maintained. In view of this she proposes a switch in China’s capex on green tech to green infrastructure. The event will also focus how this affects the rest of the world, and especially Europe.
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