Shanghai celebrated a major achievement for green urban development and people-friendly mobility in September 2020 as the iconic Nanjing East Road became fully pedestrianized.

On March 26th of 2020, organized by Energy Foundation China (EF China) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), International Technical Supporting Platform for City Emission Peaking (ISP-CEP) held the first online workshop of “Promoting Individual Low-carbon Consumption”. Representatives and experts from China National Textile and Apparel Council, Didi, Meituan-Dianping, Carbonstop, ClimateWorks Foundation and 11 members organization of ISP-CEP jointly attended the workshop.

针对中国城市规划建设中凸显的问题，在能源基金会和能源创新有限公司支持下，卡尔索普事务所、宇恒可持续交通研究中心和高觅工程顾问公司，基于多年国内外低碳城市设计建设等经验和案例分析，整理发布《翡翠城市——面向中国智慧绿色发展的规划指南》，提出低碳城市十项开发原则，助力中国打造翡翠城市。

In March 2023, Renmin University of China and Tsinghua University, with the support of Energy Foundation China, jointly completed two research projects that predict China’s population structure in the future, people’s consumption behavior, and consumption’s carbon emission implications. Their findings were released in these two reports.

In February 2023, with the support of Energy Foundation China, the Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science released this report summarizing how land use affects carbon emissions in one of China’s top manufacturing provinces.

In November 2022, with the support of Energy Foundation China, the Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design and Peking University’s Territorial Planning and Design Institute released this report on how to integrate Beijing’s three non-motorized traffic networks of pedestrian-bicycle lanes, greenways, and waterfront spaces.

In October 2022, with the support of Energy Foundation China, the Shanghai Center for Energy Saving and Emission-Reduction released this report describing how Shanghai can build a circular economy better.