John R. Lyman
jrlyman@sbcglobal.net
847-475-7506
Assistant Director:
Erica McCarthy
mccarthy@acus.org
202-778-4983
The Energy and Environment program explores the economic and political aspects of energy security and supply, as well as international environmental issues. It promotes open access and clean air and offers policy recommendations to meet developing countries’ needs through the increased flow of capital, technology and know-how in the energy and water supply sectors.
The Council also serves as the headquarters for the World Energy Efficiency Association. Created in 1993, the independent association maintains an international directory of energy efficiency associations and energy service companies, and publishes papers on energy efficiency in selected member countries.
Featured Events:
U.S.-China Energy Security Dialogues
On December 10-12 in Beijing, the Atlantic Council partnered with Tsinghua University and the Institute for Sino American International Dialogue to co-host a second round of talks with Chinese officials on energy security in China. The conference covered such issues such as nuclear technology, renewable energy, clean coal, and the transportation sector. Participants included government, non-profit, industry, and academic representatives from both the U.S. and China.
Click Here for the full report on the Dialogue, including a conference agenda and a participants list.
“A Chronology of U.S.-China Energy Cooperation” by Robert Price, president of International Risk Strategies.
Click Here for the U.S. and Chinese presentations that were given at the Dialogue.
Transatlantic Cooperation on Air Quality: Brussels Workshop
On February 5 and 6, 2007, the
Atlantic Council of the United States, the European Policy Center and the U.S.
Mission to the European Union brought together representatives of the private
sector (policy organizations, business and industry) and public sector
(legislative and executive branches, regulatory agencies) from the United States
and the member countries of the European Union. Participants discussed ways of
increasing the US-EU government-to-government and private sector cooperation in
the areas of air quality, control of major pollutants, market incentives, new
technologies, and the enforcement of regulations. They also explored the
potential for international standards.
[Agenda]
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Presenters
Suzie Baverstock:
Transatlantic
Cooperation on Air Quality; Market Incentives for Clean Air.
Chris Backes: Strengths and Weaknesses of
US and EU programs for clean air.
Rick Bradley:
Energy Efficiency: A Policy
for Improved Air Quality.
Jos Delbeke: Achieving Clean Air in the U.S. and EU: An Overview of the Topic.
Reid Detchon:
New Technologies for Clean
Air in Transportation, Addressing Climate, Security, and Public Health.
John J. Easton:
An Overview of Federal Clean
Air Requirements of U.S. Electric Utilities.
Dale Evarts:
Cooperation on Global Clean
Air.
Simon Godwin:
Daimler Chrysler: Automotive
Technology Perspectives.
John Hontelez:
Measuring and Enforcing
Clean Air Regulations in the EU.
Uwe Lahl:
Assessing and Enforcing Clean Air
Regulations in Germany.
Peter Lund:
Viewpoints on New Energy
Technologies.
John Murlis:
Combating Air Pollution and
Climate Change: Bringing Solutions to Market.
Robert Myers:
An Overview of Key Issues and
Measuring and Enforcing Clean Air
Regulations in the US.
Matti Vainio:
Creating Market Incentives for Clean Air: EU Experience and
Prospects.
N. Lew Watts:
Market Incentives for Clean Air- CO2: The Next Frontier.
Robert J. Wright: New Technologies for Clean Air.
André Zuber: Transatlantic Cooperation for Global Clean Air.
Beijing Seminar, November 2005
On November 2-4, 2005 thirty energy experts from
China, India, Japan and the United States convened in Beijing to review the
progress on the
recommendations proposed at a previous meeting in February 2003 (see below) as well as
to assess the areas still to be developed.
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Featured Publication:
The result of six years of high-level dialogues and discussions, this final
update of Clean Air for Asia summarizes the recommendations of the project’s
working group and endorses the use of clean, sustainable energy in India and
China as the only way to circumvent environmental degradation and economic
instability. Clean Air for Asia:
Update and Overview on China-India-Japan-United States Cooperation to Reduce Air
Pollution in China and India (July 2006) by Richard L. Lawson, N.
Srinivasan, Shinji Fukukawa, and Yang Jike, Co-Chairs; John R. Lyman, Principal
Rapporteur and Project Director.
The era of plentiful, low-cost petroleum is approaching an end. Without massive and timely mitigation, the damage to the world economy will be dire and long-lasting. Dr. Robert Hirsch, a senior energy advisor and former energy government official, explains why many experts believe that world oil will peak in the coming years and what could be done about it
in his report
The Inevitable Peaking of World Oil Production.
Projects:
- Chinese-Indian-Japanese-U.S. Cooperation to Promote Clean Air in China and India — a quadripartite cooperative project to foster economic and energy policies in China and India to promote clean air.
- A Marshall Plan for Energy and Water Supply — develops recommendations to help meet developing countries’ economic development needs through the increased flow of capital, technology and know-how in the energy and water supply sectors.
