Bernice Lee
Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resource Governance
Expertise
- Resource security
- Low carbon growth for emerging economies
- Trade and climate change
- Environmental governance
- China and climate security
Recent Publications
- The Geopolitics of the Modern Resource Boom, Americas Quarterly, January 2013
- Look East, Act East: Transatlantic Agendas in the Asia Pacific, EU Institute for Security Studies Report, December 2012
- Resources Futures, Chatham House Report, with others, December 2012
- 'The EU and China: Time for a Strategic Renewal?', in Hot Issues, Cold Shoulders, Lukewarm Partners: EU Strategic Partnerships and Climate Change, FRIDE, November 2012
- 'Rio+20 Must Address the Scramble for Resources', The World Today, June 2012
- Coordinating Lead Author, Global Response chapter, Global Environment Outlook 5, United Nations Environment Programme, June 2012
- Guest Editor, International Affairs Special Issue: Rio+20 and the Global Environment: Reflections on Theory and Practice, May 2012
- Contributor, Global Trends 2030 - Citizens in an Interconnected and Polycentric World, EUISS ESPAS Report, March 2012
- Preparing for High-impact, Low-probability Events: Lessons from Eyjafjallajökull, Chatham House Report, January 2012
- Low Carbon Industrialisation Strategy for China, Report of Task Force for the China Council on International Cooperation on Environment and Development, with others, November 2011
- 'Managing the Interlocking Resource Challenges in a Globalised World', Review of Policy Research, Volume 28, Issue 5, pages 509–515, September 2011
- 'Managing the Challenges of Interlocking Resources', in Adil Najam and Henrik Selin (eds), Beyond Rio+20: Governance for a Green Economy, Pardee Center Task Force Report, March 2011
- 'An Alliance Worth Striving For', with Nick Mabey, chinadialogue, October 2010
- Evidence for Action: Gender Equality and Economic Growth, with others, Programme Paper, September 2010
- 'Overview of the Global Shift towards a Low-carbon Economy: Opportunities and Challenges', with Felix Preston and Antony Froggatt, in Peter Draper and Ivan Mbirimi (eds), Climate Change and Trade: The Challenges for Southern Africa, Fanele, 2010
- 'Climate Change After Copenhagen: Beyond Doom and Gloom', The World Today, August 2010
- 'Water and energy security: A double-edged sword' with Lucinda Ellinas, in Tackling the World Water Crisis: Reshaping the Future of Foreign Policy, The Foreign Policy Centre and Nestle, 2010
- 'Shifting Bases, Shifting Perils: A Scoping Study on Security Implications of Climate Change in the OSCE Region and Beyond', Achim Maas et al, Berlin 2010, Adelphi Research with Chatham House and Cimera
- 'The United States and Climate Change: from Process to Action' in R Niblett (ed) America and a Changed World: A Question of Leadership, Wiley-Blackwell/Chatham House, 2010
- Low Carbon Development Roadmap for Jilin City, with others, Programme Paper, March 2010
- 'Managing the Interlocking Climate and Resource Challenges', International Affairs, 85/6, 2009
- 'Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies', with Ilian Iliev and Felix Preston, Chatham House Report, September 2009
- 'Climate Change Politics: Dangerous Game of Dare', with Antony Froggatt, The World Today, July 2009
- 'Climate Change: Avoiding Climate Crunch', The World Today, December 2008
- 'An EU-China Pact is Key to a Global Climate Deal', with Nick Mabey, Europe's World, Autumn 2008
- '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) |
Broadcast Experience
Some
Languages
English and Cantonese
Mandarin (not for broadcast)