Oct 20, 2021
A Synergistic Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality and Clean Air in China (2021 Edition)
With support from Energy Foundation China, the China Clean Air Policy Partnership released this report in September 2021, which was co-authored by Tsinghua University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality and Institute for Global Change Studies, Peking University’s College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning.
Oct 15, 2021
China’s Strategy for HFC-23 Reductions Under the Kigali Amendment: An Executive Summary
In August 2021, with Energy Foundation China’s support, Peking University and the Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, a think tank overseen by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, released this executive summary of their cooperative project regarding how China should reduce its hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-23 emissions to fulfill its Kigali Amendment commitments. A few months earlier, China ratified the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Oct 15, 2021
International Experiences on Airport Emissions Control and Sustainable Development
With Energy Foundation China’s support, Ramboll (Shanghai) Company studied international experiences on how to control airport emissions of criteria and climate pollutants and what can help advance airports’ sustainable development. The findings were published in this report of August 2021.
Jul 29, 2021
Guidance for Event Sustainability Evaluation
In July 2022, the General Planning Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, GoldenBee Consulting, and Yudao Engineering Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd. jointly released this guidance document for how to evaluate the sustainability of major events.
Feb 7, 2021
Leveraging Water-Energy Nexus to Address Climate Change: Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity as a Solution for Mitigating Renewables Curtailment in China
In October 2020, the World Resources Institute released this report on pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), with support from Energy Foundation China. After analyzing current PSH policy and practice in China, the report identifies opportunities to develop more PSH as a viable solution for reducing renewable energy curtailment and coal demand. It also provides policy recommendations for accelerated PSH growth, so as to help healthy renewable energy expansion in the country.
Feb 7, 2021
Understanding the Effects of Thermal Power Plants on Regional Water Quality Based on Satellite-Derived Data in Yunnan
In 2020, Energy Foundation China supported Planet-Data Inc. to investigate consequences that thermal power plants have on water temperature, chlorophyll concentration, and transparency in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan.
Feb 7, 2021
Evaluating Social Health Costs of Air Pollution
Supported by Energy Foundation China, Peking University and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention assessed health effects of air pollution and corresponding medical and mortality costs, to lend support to decisions relevant to air pollution control and public health improvement strategies. In September 2020, the National School of Development at Peking University released this report with their findings.
Nov 3, 2020
Coordinated Governance of Air and Climate Pollutants: Lessons From the California Experience
With support from Energy Foundation China, UCLA School of Law published this report in August 2020, which studies the coordinated governance of ozone, PM2.5, and greenhouse gases experience of California.
Nov 3, 2020
Multi-Plans Integration: Role of Water Resources for the National Territory Spatial Plan
During 2019 to 2020, Energy Foundation China supported the Institution of Green Economy of the Counsellor’s Office of the State Council to carry out a research on integrated national territory spatial planning and the role of key environmental element in this process. The findings were released in this report in July.
Nov 3, 2020
Energy and Water Nexus in Typical Regions and Policy Implications
With support from Energy Foundation China, Beijing Normal University released this report in July 2020, with analysis on the energy and water nexus in typical regions and cities and its policy implications.
