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1 China’s Water-Energy Choke Points Jennifer L. Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center

2 China Environment Forum Cooperative Competitors: Building New US-China Energy and Climate Networks Choke Point China: Exploring the Water-Energy Nexus Catalyzing New Clean Water Networks in Lake Tai Basin Environmental & Energy Governance

3 Environmental Challenges In the World’s Factory

4 China’s Energy By Numbers #1 ¼ 350 Million 50%

5 Top-Down, Bottom-Up and Outside-In Greening

6 What is the Water Footprint of China’s Energy Development? 40% Rivers Grade IV, V, V+ 700 million Chinese lack access to clean water North China one-tenth of global average for per capita freshwater resources Goals to Quadruple Hydropower by 2020 GreenGen CCS-Ready! The Economist Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs

7 Water-Energy Nexus—Power Plant Cooling Technologies Source: Circle of Blue’s Choke Point US Inforgraphic: 10 Things You Should Know About Water & Energy

8 Water-Energy Nexus—CCS Source: Circle of Blue’s Choke Point US Inforgraphic: 10 Things You Should Know About Water & Energy

9 Shale We Dance? November 2009 U.S.-China Shale Gas Resource Initiative Signed November 2009 U.S.-China Shale Gas Resource Initiative Signed China’s Ministry of Land and Resources set target for the country to identify 20-30 shale gas exploration and development blocks by 2020 and produce 8-12 percent of China's natural gas from shale gas wells by 2020. China’s Ministry of Land and Resources set target for the country to identify 20-30 shale gas exploration and development blocks by 2020 and produce 8-12 percent of China's natural gas from shale gas wells by 2020. In November 2009, PetroChina signed a joint assessment agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to explore for shale gas in the Fushun-Yongchuan block in Sichuan Province In November 2009, PetroChina signed a joint assessment agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to explore for shale gas in the Fushun-Yongchuan block in Sichuan Province In a recently confirmed deal, CNOOC will pay $1.08 billion for a one-third stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s Eagle Ford shale project in Texas, in the biggest acquisition of a U.S. oil and gas asset by a Chinese company In a recently confirmed deal, CNOOC will pay $1.08 billion for a one-third stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s Eagle Ford shale project in Texas, in the biggest acquisition of a U.S. oil and gas asset by a Chinese company


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