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The Coming Oil Supply Crunch
Friday 8 August 2008
The world will experience a serious oil supply crunch within five to ten years unless there is a collapse...

The World Today - Aug/Sept issue
Tuesday 29 July 2008
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches its sixtieth anniversary, this month's The World Today looks at the...

International Affairs – July Issue
Monday 28 July 2008
In this issue of International Afffairs, Thomas Hegghammer traces the history of the Saudi jihadist movement. Based on primary sources...

Latest Chatham House Papers

The Coming Oil Supply Crunch
August, 2008
This report argues that unless there is a collapse in oil demand within the next five to ten years,...

Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States
July, 2008
Since 2003, countries whose economies depend on the export of oil and gas have enjoyed a surge of revenue...

Japan–African Engagement and TICAD IV: Can Japan Lead the Way on African Development?
July, 2008
Japan's relations with Africa date back to the 1600s, but since 1993 it has formalised its engagement with Africa...

Towards Sustainable Management and Financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Forests
July, 2008
Download Paper here (French version) This paper considers the challenges that need to be addressed within the Democratic Republic of...

Bernice Lee

Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resource Governance

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Expertise

EU-China interdependencies on energy and climate security
International trade and sustainable development
Sustainable development governance

Recent Publications

'From Export Processing Zones to Low Carbon Development Zones', with Nick Mabey, BRIDGES Trade BioRes Review, May 2008
'Joint China-EU Initiatives Hold Key to Addressing Climate Change', with Antony Froggatt, Climate of Opinion, Issue 8, April 2008
'China and the EU Could Lead the Low Carbon Economy', chinadialogue, November 2007
'Changing Climates: Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe', co-author, Chatham House Report, November 2007
'Cut the Carbon', with Nick Mabey, The World Today, October 2007
'Policy Coherence', in Adil Najam, Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz and Mark Halle (eds.), Resource Book on the Southern Agenda for Trade and Environment, 2006
'Emerging Issues in the Interface between Trade, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy', with Malena Sell and Matthew Walls, ICTSD Discussion Paper, May 2005
'Sustainable Development, Poverty and Agricultural Trade Reform', with Duncan Green, Jamie Morrison and Alex Werthin Thomas Lines (eds.), Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development, 2005

Experience

Jul 08 - Present	Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resource Governance, Chatham House (Previously Head, Energy, Environment and Development Programme Nov 07-Jul 08)
May 07 - Nov 07	Team Leader, Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe Project, Chatham House
2002 - 2006	Policy and Strategy Advisor, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva
2000-2002	Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development project, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
1999-2000	Officer, Strategic Planning Unit, UN Secretary-General's office, New York
1998-1999	Warren Weaver Fellow (International Security) Rockefeller Foundation
1997-1998	Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

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