Seminar & Lecture Series

Asia’s Climate Challenge: Trade, Investment, and the Global Net-Zero Transition

4 - 6 pm Beijing Time, 16 May 2023 Tsinghua University

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management, is pleased to invite you to an in-person event to discuss the key points and highlights of the two reports ADB published recently: Asian Economic Integration Report (AEIR) 2023: Trade, Investment, and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific, and the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) Thematic Report 2023: Asia in the Global Transition to Net Zero, on Tuesday, 16 May 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Beijing Time. This event will take place at A508 of Jianhua Building in Tsinghua University in Beijing.

One of ADB’s flagship reports, AEIR 2023 features a theme chapter, Trade, Investment, and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific, which examines how trade and investment have played a key role in the region’s development, but at a cost to the environment. The chapter discusses how trade and investment contribute to climate change and explores ways in which governments can mitigate the impact.

Asia in the Global Transition to Net Zero explores what a global transition to net zero could mean for Asia and the Pacific under a range of climate policy scenarios and provides recommendations. The report is part of the ADO 2023 published on 4 April, which provides analyses and insights about developing Asia’s growth and inflation outlooks for 2023 and 2024.

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Agenda:

TimeProgram
Modetator: Akiko Terada-Hagiwara, Head of Economics and Strategy Unit, ADB Resident Mission in the PRC
16:00 – 16:05Opening Remarks
Zhou Aiming, Deputy Country Director, ADB Resident Mission in the PRC
16:05 – 16:10Welcome Remarks
He Ping, Deputy Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
16:10 – 16:35Presentation on Asia in the Global Transition to Net Zero: ADO 2023 Thematic Report
David Anthony Raitzer, Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB
16:35 – 17:00Presentation on highlights of Asian Economic Integration Report 2023
Jong Woo Kang, Principal Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB
17:00 – 17:40Panel discussion

Moderator: Albert Park, Chief Economist and Director General of Economic and Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB

Panelists:
Gao Yuning, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University

Shi Xinzheng, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Teng Fei, Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University.
17:40 – 18:00Open Floor Discussion

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