School of Social and Political Science

CeSeR Seminar Series: The Climate Challenge: Can China Lead the Way?

13 November 2025
16:00 - 17:00

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Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building

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Part of CeSeR's Series: "Contemporary security challenges"

Join Kim Vender for a look at China's evolving role of global climate leadership - from international negotiations to domestic debates on responsibility and development.

Kim Vender is an Affiliated Researcher at the Centre for EU-Asia Connectivity (CEAC) at Ruhr University Bochum. Her research focuses on China's role in climate change and biodiversity governance, development cooperation, the concept of international leadership, and China’s engagement with the EU, Small Island States, and Latin America. Kim holds a Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations from the University of Edinburgh, an M.A. in East Asian Politics from Ruhr University Bochum, and a B.A. in China Studies from the Free University of Berlin.

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