Tyler Harlan's guest appearances

Tyler Harlan

The Belt and Road Podcast 

Rebecca Ray

Lauren Baker

Vanessa Lamb

Ma Xinyue

Michael Boulle

Mark Grimsditch

Alvin Camba

Assel Bitabarova

Charles Stevens

Scott Wingo

Tom Baxter

Tim Summers

Lili pike

Juliet Lu

Emily Weinstein

OwlTail

Jesse Rodenbiker

Juliet is joined by friends and fellow researchers Jesse Rodenbiker and Tyler Harlan to discuss their recent experiences at the COP15 of the Conference on Biological Diversity, China's growing environmental leadership, and China's domestic environmental policies and their impact on BRI initiatives and overseas engagements. Jesse starts off the conversation with some background on China's approach to environmental governance - based on his articles "Making Ecology Developmental: China's Environmental Sciences and Green Modernization in Global Context,"  "Green silk roads, partner state development, and environmental governance," and his upcoming book "Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China." Jesse Rodenbiker is an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China and an Assistant Teaching Professor of Geography at Rutgers University. He is also currently a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and a China Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is a human-environment geographer and interdisciplinary social scientist focusing on environmental governance, urbanization, and social inequality in China and globally.Tyler Harlan is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. His research focuses on the political economy and uneven socio-environmental impacts of China's green development transformation and the implications of this transformation for other industrializing countries. Juliet Lu is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School of Public Policy &amp; Global Affairs.  Recommendations:Jesse:Maoism: A Global History by Julia LovellRosewood by Annah Lake Zhu Tyler:Certifying China by Yixian SunChina and the global politics of nature-based solutions in Environmental Science &amp; Policy  (2022) by Jeffrey Qi (former BRI Pod episode!) and Peter DauvergneChina's rising influence on climate governance: Forging a path for the global South in Global Environmental Change (2022) by Jeffrey Qi and Peter DauvergneJuliet:Check out the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (where Jeffrey Qi incidentally works ;) for interesting analysis on the Convention on Biological Diversity and China. 

Juliet is joined by friends and fellow researchers Jesse Rodenbiker and Tyler Harlan to discuss their recent experiences at the COP15 of the Conference on Biological Diversity, China's growing environmental leadership, and China's domestic environmental policies and their impact on BRI initiatives and overseas engagements. Jesse starts off the conversation with some background on China's approach to environmental governance - based on his articles "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350189830_Making_Ecology_Developmental_China%27s_Environmental_Sciences_and_Green_Modernization_in_Global_Context" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Making Ecology Developmental</a>: China's Environmental Sciences and Green Modernization in Global Context,"  "<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14672715.2022.2150249" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green silk roads, partner state development, and environmental governance</a>," and his upcoming book "<a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769009/ecological-states/#bookTabs=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China</a>." <a href="https://www.jesserodenbiker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jesse Rodenbiker</a> is an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China and an Assistant Teaching Professor of Geography at Rutgers University. He is also currently a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and a China Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is a human-environment geographer and interdisciplinary social scientist focusing on environmental governance, urbanization, and social inequality in China and globally. <a href="https://www.tylerharlan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tyler Harlan </a>is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. His research focuses on the political economy and uneven socio-environmental impacts of China's green development transformation and the implications of this transformation for other industrializing countries. <a href="https://julietlu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Juliet Lu</a> is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School of Public Policy &amp; Global Affairs.  Recommendations: Jesse:<ul><li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602335/maoism-by-julia-lovell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maoism: A Global History</a> by Julia Lovell</li><li><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674260276&amp;content=bios" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rosewood</a> by Annah Lake Zhu </li></ul>Tyler:<ul><li><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543699/certifying-china/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Certifying China</a> by Yixian Sun</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1462901122002489" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China and the global politics of nature-based solutions</a> in Environmental Science &amp; Policy  (2022) by Jeffrey Qi (former BRI Pod <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/196316/episodes/11064437" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">episode</a>!) and Peter Dauvergne</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095937802200022X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China's rising influence on climate governance: Forging a path for the global South</a> in Global Environmental Change (2022) by Jeffrey Qi and Peter Dauvergne</li></ul>Juliet:<ul><li>Check out the <a href="https://www.iisd.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)</a> (where Jeffrey Qi incidentally works ;) for interesting analysis on the Convention on Biological Diversity and China. </li></ul>

COP15 and China's Growing Environmental Leadership with Jesse Rodenbiker and Tyler Harlan

In this episode, Dr. Tyler Harlan breaks down the discourses vs. reality of the green turn in the Belt and Road Initiative since Xi Jinping announced it in 2017. He describes the state of knowledge and realities of implementation of the three main aspects of the 'Green Belt and Road': green finance, green energy, and green development cooperation. He also reflects on his research on rural development within China and on China's renewable energy investments across the Mekong Region to shed light on specific cases explored. Check out his article, entitled "Green development or greenwashing? A political ecology perspective on China’s green Belt and Road" here or get in touch via twitter (@beltandroadpod) for help accessing a copy! Recommendations: Tyler1) The puzzle of China’s missing solar and wind finance along the Belt and Road Parts 1 &amp; 2 (Panda Paw Dragon Claw, Ma Tianjie)2) Reports on how hydropower could be reduced/changed/replaced with investment in solar and wind: Brain Eyler on Chinese Solar Diplomacy in China Dialogue and Jeff Opperman of WWF on hydropower on free flowing riversErik1) Shaping the Future of Power: Knowledge Production and Network-Building in China-Africa Relations (latest book by Lina Benabdallah) 2) Killing Eve - Phoebe Waller-BridgeJuliet 1) Forgotten Kingdom: Nine Years in Yunnan 1939-48 (by Peter Goulyar)

In this episode, Dr. Tyler Harlan breaks down the discourses vs. reality of the green turn in the Belt and Road Initiative since Xi Jinping announced it in 2017. He describes the state of knowledge and realities of implementation of the three main aspects of the 'Green Belt and Road': green finance, green energy, and green development cooperation. He also reflects on his research on rural development within China and on China's renewable energy investments across the Mekong Region to shed light on specific cases explored. Check out his article, entitled "Green development or greenwashing? A political ecology perspective on China’s green Belt and Road" <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15387216.2020.1795700?journalCode=rege20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> or get in touch via twitter (@beltandroadpod) for help accessing a copy! Recommendations: Tyler 1) The puzzle of China’s missing solar and wind finance along the Belt and Road <a href="https://pandapawdragonclaw.blog/2020/04/19/the-puzzle-of-chinas-missing-solar-and-wind-finance-along-the-belt-and-road-part-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parts 1</a> <a href="https://pandapawdragonclaw.blog/2020/07/19/the-puzzle-of-chinas-missing-solar-and-wind-finance-along-the-belt-and-road-part-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&amp; 2</a> (Panda Paw Dragon Claw, Ma Tianjie) 2) Reports on how hydropower could be reduced/changed/replaced with investment in solar and wind: Brain Eyler on <a href="https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/11037-can-solar-diplomacy-green-the-belt-and-road/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese Solar Diplomacy</a> in China Dialogue and Jeff Opperman of WWF on <a href="https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/our_focus/freshwater_practice/freshwater_news/?346759/Accelerating-Renewable-Revolution#:~:text=With%20thousands%20of%20hydropower%20dams,provide%20to%20people%20and%20nature." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hydropower on free flowing rivers</a> Erik 1) <a href="https://www.press.umich.edu/10194421/shaping_the_future_of_power" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shaping the Future of Power</a>: Knowledge Production and Network-Building in China-Africa Relations (latest book by Lina Benabdallah) 2) Killing Eve - Phoebe Waller-Bridge Juliet 1) <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781780601113/Forgotten-Kingdom-Nine-Years-Yunnan-1780601115/plp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forgotten Kingdom</a>: Nine Years in Yunnan 1939-48 (by Peter Goulyar)

Green Development or Greenwashing? Tyler Harlan on China's Green Finance, Green Energy, and Green Cooperation