Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) spoke of China’s achievements in advancing the green and decarbonization transition and expressed his expectation for China to play a bigger role in renewable energy and low carbon technologies, during his first visit to Beijing after the pandemic. As climate governance requires joint effort of all countries, he said IEA is willing to deepen the cooperation and exchange with China at the July 4 reception supported by Energy Foundation China and the Institute of Energy at Peking University.

On November 22, 2022, Zou Ji, CEO and President of Energy Foundation China, and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation between the two organizations, during Zou’s visit to the agency’s headquarters in Paris.

Energy Foundation China (EF China) hosted a two-day pavilion on the sidelines of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

From July 7 to July 9, 2022, with the support of Energy Foundation China, Inner Mongolia launched its two-month training for the province’s regulators and entrepreneurs on the topics of carbon peaking and neutrality goals and energy consumption and intensity control targets.