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150 International Experts Discussed Energy Security Lessons From the Geopolitical Crisis
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 27, 2022 10:12 PMFIRST CARBON NEUTRALITY TECHNOLOGY FORUM KICKED OFF
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 14, 2022 11:32 PMOn April 18, 2022, with the support of the Energy Foundation China (EF China), the Tsinghua Institute for Carbon Neutrality (ICON) hosted the launching ceremony of its Carbon Neutrality Technology Forum and the first session themed “A New Power System and Carbon Neutrality.”
Experts Discussed How to Drive Decarbonized Growth With Green Investment
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 14, 2022 03:01 PMn April 25, 2022, China News Service and Energy Foundation China (EF China) held another event of their signature Sustainable Energy for a Prosperous China forum series in Beijing with both online and offline participants.
Experts Reviewed Climate Evaluation and Carbon Accounting of Banks in China
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 14, 2022 03:02 PMOn March 22, 2022, the CECEP Environmental Consulting Group held an expert meeting to review their two-part research project about a climate evaluation of banks and a carbon accounting methodology for China’s financial sector, with the support of Energy Foundation China.
Demonstrations of a New Building Power System Showed Potential for Zero Emissions
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 14, 2022 03:02 PMThe Building Energy Conservation Center at Tsinghua University and Energy Foundation China (EF China) held a symposium on March 28, 2022, presenting cases of demonstration projects for the new “PEDF” building power system—a combined photovoltaics, energy storage, high efficiency direct current power, and flexible load system.
EV Forum Saw Great Stakeholder Interest in International Cooperation
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 10, 2022 11:57 PMWith the support of Energy Foundation China (EF China), China EV100, a non-for-profit platform for electric vehicle (EV) researchers, carmakers, and regulators, held an international cooperation forum about the carbon neutrality transition of the transport sector at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 26, 2022, for 24 experts from the government, academia, enterprises, and civil society organizations.
Workshop Identified Key to Green Electricity Trading in Beijing
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 08, 2022 07:26 PMWith the support of Energy Foundation China, Beijing Nengjian Technology Development Co., Ltd. held an expert workshop on March 3, 2022, discussing how to improve Beijing’s green electricity procurement and trading mechanisms.
EF China and Beijing’s Tongzhou District Entered Into Partnership for Low Carbon Development
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jan 24, 2022 09:22 PMOn January 19, 2022, Zou Ji, President and CEO of Energy Foundation China, was invited to attend the Promotion Conference on the High Quality Industry Development of Beijing City Sub-Center in Tongzhou, the southeastern district that has hosted many of Beijing’s municipal governmental agencies since mid-2010s.
China Will Stop Building New Overseas Coal Plants
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Sep 26, 2021 07:38 PMEarlier this week, President Xi Jinping made a major climate announcement during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, declaring that China will “step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy, and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.”
CCICED Forum Called for Coordinated Economic Recovery and Decarbonization
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 27, 2022 09:43 PMOn September 8, 2021, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Energy Foundation China (EF China) and the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD) organized an online and offline open forum on the sidelines of the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) under the theme of “Implementing China’s 2030/2060 Carbon Targets and Empowering a High-Quality Development.”
Ji ZOU Gave Carbon Lecture to Three Gorges Corporation
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Aug 19, 2021 12:35 PMIn mid-August, Ji ZOU, CEO and President of Energy Foundation China, was invited to deliver a lecture about technology, investment, and policy support for the achievement of China’s carbon peaking and neutrality goals to China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), the world’s largest hydropower development enterprise.
Ji ZOU Invited to Talk on Low Carbon Transition to Policymakers of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Aug 17, 2021 06:53 PMIn late July, Ji ZOU, CEO and President of Energy Foundation China, was invited to Bayannur, Inner Mongolia to deliver a lecture about how to build a new growth engine and accelerate industrial upgrade through carbon peaking and neutrality goals, and in the near future dual control targets for total energy consumption and intensity.
Beijing Capacity Building Forum Highlighted Climate Communications
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 04, 2021 01:02 AMShenzhen Seminar Explored Climate Communication Strategy in Light of New Carbon Goals
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Oct 26, 2021 03:44 PMEnergy Foundation China and the China Global Philanthropy Institute co-hosted the “Strategic Communications College” Shenzhen Seminar on May 28, 2021.
Energy Forum Highlights Ambitious Carbon Goals and Local Action
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Apr 16, 2025 07:38 PMIn mid-May 2021, Energy Foundation China (EF China) and media outlet China News Service held the fourth event of the “Sustainable Energy for a Prosperous China” forum series for journalists, focused on early peaking of carbon emissions, fast and ambitious local action, and the energy sector.
Seminar Discussed China’s Air Strategy for Coordinated Protection of the Environment and Climate
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 24, 2021 04:59 PMWith support from Energy Foundation China (EF China), the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP), a think tank overseen by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), held the mid-term seminar in late May 2021 for its research on the strategy and capacity building for coordinated protection of the environment and climate.
Tsinghua Proposed China’s Long-Term Air Improvement Pathways Consist With Carbon Neutrality
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 17, 2021 02:24 PMWith support from Energy Foundation China, a Tsinghua University research group led by HE Kebin and ZHANG Qiang published an article online in April 2021 at the National Science Review titled “Pathways of China’s PM2.5 Air Quality 2015–2060 in the Context of Carbon Neutrality,” which for the first time identifies the pathways of continuous air quality improvement in China and its key regions from 2015 to 2060 that are consist with China’s carbon peaking and neutrality goals.
Inner Mongolia Training Boosts Decarbonization in the Next 5 Years
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 23, 2021 01:59 PMInner Mongolia’s Development and Reform Commission held training in late April 2021 on how to coordinate work streams of energy consumption cap, energy intensity control, and carbon emissions peaking in the autonomous region, inviting technical support from Energy Foundation China (EF China).
China’s New Growth Pathway: from the 14th Five Year Plan to Carbon Neutrality
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jul 15, 2021 02:14 PMDecember 10, 2020, Multiple Cities—Energy Foundation China launched a new report today, China’s New Growth Pathway: from the 14th Five Year Plan to Carbon Neutrality, a major deliverable of our Long-Term Strategy Task Force. It provides an overall picture of the pathways which support China’s carbon neutrality goal and its new vision for growth and development. The report identifies both long-term sectoral strategies and near-term actions to prepare China to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.
Translating China’s New Climate Targets into Action
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 13, 2020 11:05 AMPresident Xi’s recent announcement of China’s ambitious new climate target is already transforming our conversations with grantees and government partners. Whereas, previously we were often the ones pushing long-term thinking and the concept of deep decarbonization, now stakeholders—especially at local levels—are actively asking us, “What is carbon neutrality?” and “What steps should we take toward achieving it?”
ZOU Ji: Gear the 14th FYP Toward China’s Carbon Neutrality Goal
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 27, 2022 09:45 PMOn October 27, 2020, Zou Ji, CEO and President of Energy Foundation China, addressed the UK-China 1.5 track dialogue organized by the British Embassy in China. In response to President Xi Jinping’s carbon neutrality announcement at the UN General Assembly in late September, the meeting shed light on the most pressing challenges ahead and fostered consensus on future UK-China climate collaboration.
Sino-U.S. Dialogue Sets Priorities for China’s Energy Storage Development
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 27, 2022 09:45 PMIn mid-September, 2020, the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and Energy Foundation China convened an online Sino-U.S. energy storage policy dialogue. The event aims to shed light on the research priority into China’s future energy policy, by contrasting the experiences in the world’s two largest holders of installed energy storage capacity.
Tsinghua Released Research Findings on China’s 2050 Strategy for Zero Emissions
— by Chen Renwei — last modified May 24, 2021 12:16 PMEnergy Foundation China: China’s Latest Climate Action Targets Will Bring Profound Impacts on Low-Carbon Transformation Globally
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Nov 03, 2020 11:04 AMDuring the 75th United Nations General Assembly held on September 22, 2020, President Xi Jinping announced that China will peak carbon emissions by 2030 and strive to realize carbon neutrality by 2060.
Forum Explored How to Build Clean and Low Carbon Metropolises
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jan 08, 2021 05:27 PMFindings on Mobile Source Emission Control Offered Evidence Behind Beijing’s Local Regulation
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 23, 2020 12:35 PMIn June, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection hosted an online workshop to reveal its findings on key issues of local regulation for mobile source emissions control, a research supported by Energy Foundation China.
50 International Experts Offer Advice on China’s Low Carbon Development for the Next 5 Years
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Jun 23, 2021 06:30 PMIn late May 2020, Energy Foundation China (EF China) organized its sixth Economists Dialogue on global and China’s low carbon and green development agenda, focused on China’s green post-pandemic economic stimulus and the 14th Five-Year Plan.
From Green Stimulus and the 14th Five-Year Plan to China's Modernization: Writing a New Growth Story Around Natural Capital
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Apr 03, 2021 02:21 AMDuring the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) period, China will encounter the most complex and severe challenges in economic and social development since the reform and opening up. The short-term downward pressure will be increased by domestic structural, institutional, and cyclical problems in deepening reforms intertwined with the risk of potential reverse of economic globalization amid the global pandemic.
