In June 2021, Renmin University released this report analyzing the costs and risks of coal-fired plants in China, with the focus on the transition of the coal power system. Support for this research came from Energy Foundation China.

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.

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.

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.

In July 2021, the Belt and Road Initiative Center, a think tank overseen by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, finished this research report on how it builds and uses a case library for green projects along the Belt and Road.

In May 2021, the China Society of Automotive Engineers and the Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute of Tsinghua University released this 2035 roadmap report for China’s charging infrastructure, with support from Energy Foundation China.

In May 2021, the China Council for an Energy Efficient Economy completed this report documenting its Climate Leader Industrial Parks Project, with support from Energy Foundation China.

In March 2021, the China Council for an Energy Efficient Economy completed this landscape report with support from Energy Foundation China.

In September 2021, with the support of Energy Foundation China, the Ecology Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences released a series of case study reports on the experience of switching to new economic engines and adopting low carbon development in Shandong, a manufacturing powerhouse province in eastern China.

In September 2021, with support from Energy Foundation China, the Ecology Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences released this case study report on how to transition to a new decarbonized growth engine in Shandong, a coastal manufacturing province in East China.