Zhuangshang Village, China’s first rural demonstration project incorporating photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation, energy storage, direct current distribution, and flexible loads in buildings, was awarded as an “Energy Transition Changemaker” on December 5, 2023, at COP28 in Dubai.

The Sunnylands Statement, coming at a moment of great changes in the world, is a milestone in U.S.-China climate cooperation. It has important diplomatic implications and can shape the global fight against the climate crisis.

On November 9, 2023, Energy Foundation China (EF China) hosted a roundtable for international climate philanthropies and think tanks in Los Angeles, California, inviting high-level climate officials from China to meet them and discuss how China and the U.S. can strengthen cooperation in climate governance and decarbonization.

On October 19 and 20, 2023, the Third Asian and Pacific Energy Forum, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) was held during the Asia-Pacific Energy Week and attended by nearly 300 officials from 40 countries and 10 international organizations.

On September 7, 2023, with the support of Energy Foundation China (EF China), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association co-hosted a green finance session, as part of the 2023 International Forum on Energy Transition in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.

From August 31 to September 1, 2023, Zou Ji, CEO and President of Energy Foundation China (EF China), led a delegation to Shanxi Province to kick off a series of pollution reduction and carbon mitigation projects, in the presence of the government of Linfen City and the Department of Ecology and Environment of Shanxi Province.

On August 29, 2023, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Energy Foundation China (EF China), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institutes of Science and Development, co-organized on the sidelines of the 2023 annual general meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) an open forum on the theme of “Synergizing the Efforts on Climate Change and Forging the Path to Green Prosperity.”