The Air Quality Task Force of Energy Foundation China pursues world-class air quality and carbon neutrality for China by implementing a co-control strategy for air and climate pollutants. The task force supports cross-cutting research on air quality, climate change, health, energy, the economy, and urban-rural coordination topics.

In early October, Energy Foundation China (EF China) and grantees Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP), and the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) held a seminar to kick off research on a collaborative control pathway to eliminate heavily polluted days in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

In August 2021, the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Peking University and the Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center (FECO), a think tank overseen by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), held a workshop reviewing their hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-23 project supported by Energy Foundation China (EF China).

In December 2021, with support from Energy Foundation China, Shanxi Ecological Environment Protection Service Center released this report proposing how the coal-dependent province can use coordinated approaches to achieve air improvement and carbon mitigation goals for the next five years.

In December 2021, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning released this report discussing how China can recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and maker faster transition toward low carbon development in the next five years. Support for the research came from Energy Foundation China.

In December 2021, with support from Energy Foundation China, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning published this report analyzing the costs and benefits of typical air pollution and carbon emission control policies for the next five years, based on an assessment of 2016–2020 policies.

In December 2021, with Energy Foundation China’s support, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning released this report analyzing China’s air quality strategies for the next five years that are aligned with its climate ambitions.