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Kevin
Nom de l'expert
TU

Intitulé du poste

Associate Research Fellow, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

Domaine d'expertises En

Research Areas:

  • Fossil fuel value chains
  • Energy transitions
  • Energy sector reforms
  • Climate change
  • China
Centres et programmes de recherche
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Climate & Energy
Center for Energy & Climate
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Biographie En

Kevin Jianjun Tu is a Non-Resident Fellow at Ifri's Energy and Climate Center, he is also the managing director of Agora Energy Transition China, and an adjunct professor at the School of Environment of Beijing Normal University.

Prior to his affiliation with Ifri, Tu had served various key positions including China program manager at Paris-based International Energy Agency, director of China Energy & Climate Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC., partner at a Vancouver-based premier energy consulting firm, director of marine operations at China’s largest LPG importer and distributor, and construction project manager at Sinopec, a Chinese national oil company.

Tu has more than two decades of solid experience in the energy and environmental fields as well as government affairs in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe, his research interests cover the full spectrum of energy issues including fossil fuel value chains, energy transitions, energy sector reforms, climate change, and corporate strategy & transformation, with a focus on EU-China relations and U.S.-China relations, and their implications for China’s energy & climate policies.

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Publications
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The EU Green Deal External Impacts: Views from China, India, South Africa, Türkiye and the United States

Date de publication
29 May 2024
Accroche

Ahead of June 2024 European elections and against the backdrop of growing geopolitical and geoeconomic frictions, if not tensions, between the EU and some of its largest trade partners, not least based on the external impacts of the European Green Deal (EGD), Ifri chose to collect views and analyses from leading experts from China, India, South Africa, Türkiye and the United States of America (US) on how they assess bilateral relations in the field of energy and climate, and what issues and opportunities they envisage going forward. 

Sino-American Climate Diplomacy

Date de publication
17 March 2022
Accroche

During COP26, Beijing and the Biden administration committed to reviving Sino-American cooperation on climate issues, in the name of their common interest in climate stability. 

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Prospects of a Hydrogen Economy with Chinese Characteristics

Date de publication
21 October 2020
Accroche

This study assesses the prospects of a hydrogen economy with Chinese characteristics. Against the backdrop of an escalating US-China trade war and the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, key Chinese stakeholders become increasingly interested in moving the hydrogen economy agenda forward. 

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Marc-Antoine EYL-MAZZEGA

Director, Center for Energy & Climate, Ifri

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Diana-Paula GHERASIM

Research Fellow, Head of European Energy and Climate Policies, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Thibault MICHEL

Thibault MICHEL

Research Fellow, Center for Energy & Climate, Ifri

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Olivier APPERT

Olivier APPERT

Senior Advisor, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Cécile MAISONNEUVE

Cécile MAISONNEUVE

Senior Advisor, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Benjamin AUGÉ

Benjamin AUGÉ

Associate Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa Center / Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Associate Research Fellow, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Raphaël DANINO-PERRAUD

Raphaël DANINO-PERRAUD

Associate Research Fellow, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Jean-Louis MARTIN

Jean-Louis MARTIN

Associate Research Fellow, Americas Program and Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Cédric PHILIBERT

Cédric PHILIBERT

Associate Research Fellow, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Thibaud VOÏTA

Thibaud VOÏTA

Associate Research Fellow, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

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Alexandra BOR

Alexandra BOR

Assistant to the Center for Energy & Climate, Ifri