CIW FILM SCREENING & R O U N D TA B L E D I S C U S S I O N ‘Under the Dome’: China’s Environmental Crisis Thursday, 14 May 4.00pm – 7.00pm Speakers Professor Bai Xuemei Professor of Urban Environment and Human Ecology, ANU Dr Jane Golley Economist focused on a range of Chinese transition and development issues, ANU Dr Katherine Morton Senior Fellow in the Department of International Relations, ANU Dr Qian Ying Post-doctoral Fellow, ANU, focusing on filmmaking in China Chair Dr Luigi Tomba Political scientist with a particular interest in China’s political and social change, ANU Location The Auditorium China in the World Building (#188), Fellows Lane, ANU Further information E [email protected] T 02 6125 9060 This film screening and roundtable discussion is free and open to the public Environmental crises are among the most critical challenges China faces today. Dramatic industrialization and peaking rates of economic growth have caused large scale water, soil and air pollution. China is now the world’s largest source of carbon emissions; it is responsible for a third of the planet’s greenhouse gas output and is home to sixteen of the world’s twenty most polluted cities. In her ground-breaking documentary Under the Dome 穹顶之下, former CCTV journalist Chai Jing discusses China’s pollution and poor air quality. A high-profile and extensive investigation into the country ‘airpocalypse’, the documentary — today banned within China — has led more and more Chinese people to think about the environment and pollution. Following this screening, join us for a roundtable discussion featuring five expert opinions from the fields of science, economics, political science and film studies, forming uniquely interdisciplinary analysis of the implications of China’s environmental challenges. Presented by The Australian Centre on China in the World The Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs The Fenner School of Environment and Society Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs Fenner School of Environment & Society