Ms. Huang Yan, Vice Minister of Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, met the famous Danish architect and urban design consultant Jan Gehl, accompanied by the Sustainable City Program Director of EF China Wang Zhigao, at China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, on November 1st.

China’s ratification of Paris Agreement is not a surprise, It’s impressive that President Xi chose again to stand on stage with President Obama to emphasize China’s global leadership and to highlight the China-U.S. partnership on climate and energy. And the G20 Summit—an economic forum—is a great venue in which to make the case for low-carbon economic growth.

In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-jin-ji, JJJ) Region, heavy haze pollution episodes are more serious during winter heating seasons, when pollution from low elevation, distributed residential coal combustion contributes significantly to the concentration of PM2.5.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Partners with China's Green Finance Committee, Paulson Institute, Energy Foundation China and the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association to Promote Green Finance for Low-carbon Cities in China

The China Urban Sustainability Coalition, along with multiple non-profit organizations that advocate for sustainable urbanization in China, jointly released the Ten Key Principles of Low Carbon Urbanization on December 3rd in Paris, at China Pavilion of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), offering recommendations for Chinese cities’ transition towards a green and low-carbon development model.

On July 4, 2015, Energy Foundation China (EFC) held its 15th annual Dialogue Partners Meeting in Beijing. With over 60 attendees this year, the Dialogue Partners Meeting is a one-day event aimed to exchange ideas with China’s policymakers on energy and environmental challenges and successes.