Edmund Downie

Biography

Edmund (Ned) Downie was formerly a non-resident fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy. He previously served as an analyst at Analysis Group in the energy and finance practice areas, with major casework including New York energy-market modeling and long-term power purchase agreement valuation. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Yunnan University in southwest China in 2017-18, studying Chinese energy trade with Southeast Asia, and a Yale University Gordon Grand Fellow in 2014-15 in India at the Center for Policy Research (Delhi) and the Center for Studies in International Relations at Development (Kolkata). He holds an MPhil in International Relations from Nuffield College, Oxford (Marshall Scholar) and a B.A. in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale (Phi Beta Kappa).

Better disclosure rules can help China’s financial markets work for the climate

News and Publications by Edmund Downie, Erica Downs & Yushan Lou • China Dialogue • January 4, 2024

Climate Change

Q&A | China’s Climate Disclosure Regime

Photo via Wikimedia Commons. A new report published by the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA, “China’s Climate Disclosure Regime: How Regulations, Politics, and...

Blog by Edmund Downie, Erica Downs & Yushan Lou • December 13, 2023

China Is Asking Companies to Disclose Their Climate Plans. 5 Takeaways.

Competition between the U.S. and China for leadership of the low-carbon economy is alive and well, despite the agreement to restart climate cooperation in the run-up to the COP28 climate conference.

Op-eds & Essays by Erica Downs, Edmund Downie & Yushan Lou • Barron's • December 01, 2023

China oil majors improve ESG reporting, but lag peers, research finds

News and Publications by Erica Downs, Edmund Downie & Yushan Lou • Reuters • November 29, 2023

Climate Change

China’s Climate Disclosure Regime: How Regulations, Politics, and Investors Shape Corporate Climate Reporting

This report offers the most comprehensive English-language analysis to date of China’s climate disclosure regime.

Reports by Edmund Downie, Erica Downs & Yushan Lou • November 29, 2023

China’s Climate Disclosure Regime: How Regulations, Politics, and Investors Shape Corporate Climate Reporting

Gatekeepers of the Transition: How Provinces Are Adapting to China’s National Decarbonization Pledges

Commentary by Edmund Downie • November 22, 2021

Industrial Decarbonization

Getting to 30-60: How China’s Biggest Coal Power, Cement, and Steel Corporations Are Responding to National Decarbonization Pledges

In September 2020, China announced its intentions to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

Reports by Edmund Downie • August 25, 2021

Getting to 30-60: How China’s Biggest Coal Power, Cement, and Steel Corporations Are Responding to National Decarbonization Pledges

Innovation & Technology

Powering the Globe: Lessons from Southeast Asia for China’s Global Energy Interconnection Initiative

China’s Global Energy Interconnection (GEI) initiative presents a transformational vision for meeting the world’s growing power demand with a globally interconnected electricity grid.

Reports by Edmund Downie • April 23, 2020

Powering the Globe: Lessons from Southeast Asia for China’s Global Energy Interconnection Initiative

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