· Institute for Sino-American International Dialogue ·

Welcome

The critical and interrelated challenges posed by climate change, rapidly growing demand for energy, unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels, environmental degradation, and declining availability of clean water will demand a comprehensive and cooperative U.S.-China response. The Institute for Sino-American International Dialogue (ISAID) was established to foster the development of closer and sustained cooperation between the U.S. and China, and to focus leaders in both nations on joint efforts to alleviate these and other critical global problems.

Funded by the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation, ISAID’s mission is based on the premise that since China and the United States are the largest consumers of energy and biggest producers of greenhouse gases, by working together to tackle these key challenges of the 21st Century, the United States and China can most effectively act to avert potential global environmental catastrophe.

The first publication in the ISAID Insights ‘Policy Brief Series’ is now available

This series presents path-breaking assessments of key Energy, Water and Environment issues with the focus on implications for the United States and China and for U.S.-China cooperation.

Click here for ISAID Insights Policy Brief #1, Compelled to Cooperate: U.S.-China Collaboration on Energy, Water, Environment and Climate Change by Banning Garrett.

Click here for ISAID Insights Policy Brief #2, Sino-American Energy & Environment Cooperation: Where Do We Go from Here? by Robert Price.

US-China Dialogue on Energy Security

On December 10-12 in Beijing, ISAID partnered with Tsinghua University and the Atlantic Council of the United States to co-host a second round of talks with Chinese officials and experts 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.

Click Here for the U.S. and Chinese presentations that were given at the Dialogue.