The Energy Foundation launched its flagship Long-Term Strategy for Decarbonization Task Force in 2018 to provide independent, technically grounded analysis on long-term low-GHG emission development pathways, with a primary analytical focus on China in a global context.

The Task Force brings together policy analysts, modelers, and sector experts around the world to examine long-term decarbonization trajectories and their economic and social implications. Its work engages with the analytical questions underpinning mid-century climate strategies discussed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), drawing on international experience and system-level analysis to assess long-term options and transition dynamics.

Through this work, the Task Force explores scenarios for deep greenhouse gas reductions by mid-century, including pathways toward economy-wide GHG neutrality by 2060 and net-zero carbon dioxide emissions in the energy supply system by 2050s. The Task Force informs global exchanges and contributes to comparative understanding of long-term decarbonization pathways in large, complex economies.