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Inga Fritzen Buan

 Inga Fritzen Buan Born: 1980

Position at FNI: Research Fellow

Academic background:
   Master of Human Geography, University of Oslo (2007).
   Student of Chinese language and culture, Renmin University, China (2004-2006).
   Bachelor of Human Geography, University of Oslo (2003).

Main research interests:
Chinese climate change and energy issues. General Chinese economic, industrial and environmental development. The international climate change negotiations, the Kyoto Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism. Climate change as a national security issue.

Publications:

Heggelund, Gørild, Steinar Andresen and Inga Fritzen Buan, 'Chinese Climate Policy: Domestic Priorities, Foreign Policy and Emerging Implementation'. In Kathryn Harrison and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom (eds), Global Commons, Domestic Decisions. Cambridge (MA), USA / London, UK, MIT Press, 2010, pp. 239-261.

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Tor Håkon Inderberg and Svein Vigeland Rottem, Globale og regionale følger av klimaendringer. Konsekvenser for Norge ('Global and Regional Ramifications of Climate Change. Consequenses for Norway'). FNI Report 12/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 76 p.

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Per Ove Eikeland and Tor Håkon Inderberg, Rammebetingelser for utbygging av fornybar energi i Norge, Sverige og Skottland: Sammenligning av faktorer som motiverer og modererer investeringer ('Framework Conditions for Development of Renewable Energy in Norway, Sweden and Scotland: Comparison of Factors that Motivate and Moderate Investments'). FNI Report 6/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 125 p. In Norwegian.

Heggelund, Gørild M. and Inga Fritzen Buan, 'China in the Asia-Pacific Partnership: Consequences for UN Climate Change Mitigation Efforts?'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 9, No 3, 2009, pp. 301-317.

Buan, Inga Fritzen and Gørild M. Heggelund, 'China’s Involvement in Climate Change Mitigation', Asia Portal, 4 August 2008.

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Helping People Build a Better World? Barriers to More Environmentally Friendly Energy Production in China: The Case of Shell. FNI Report 3/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 86 p.

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Norwegian Actors in the Fields of Energy and Climate Change in China. FNI Report 01/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 34 p.

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Helping People Build a Better World? Barriers to a More Environmentally Friendly Energy Production in China. The Case of Shell. Master thesis submitted to the Institute of Sociology and Human Geography, Faculty of Social Science, University of Oslo, 2007.

Contact details  for Inga Fritzen Buan:
   (+47) 67111905
   ifb (+@fni.no)


 Related focal points of research:

   Chinese energy and environmental politics


 Important ongoing projects:

Conditions for Change in International Climate Policy: The Role of China, the EU and the US

Investments in Renewable Energy: Factors Promoting and Hampering the Construction of Wind- Hydro- og Biobased Power


 Important past projects:

China's Climate Change Policy

Key Actors and the Climate Regime: Lessons and Future Options. Domestic and International Developments in China’s Climate Change Policymaking

China’s Climate Change Policy: Through the Prism of Energy Policy (2007-2008)


 Recent media coverage:

'- "Verstingen" Kina tar tak i klimaproblemet' ('- Environmental "Bad Guy" China Adresses Climate Problem'), Stavanger Aftenblad, 7 August 2008. In Norwegian.

'Kortreist kunnskap' ('Short-traveled Knowledge'), Oppland Arbeiderblad, 10.03.2008. In Norwegian.



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