16:00-16:05

Opening Remarks

• Zou Ji, CEO & President, Energy Foundation China

16:05-16:10

Scene Setting

• Jing Hui, Senior Program Director, Strategic Communications, Energy Foundation China

16:10-16:22

Keynote Speeches (6 mins each):

• Global Overview: Where We Are in Combating Climate Change and Transiting Towards a Zero-Emission Future (TBC), Jonathan Pershing, Program Director, Environment, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Overview of Low Carbon Energy Transition in China, Wang Yi, Member, National People’s Congress Standing Committee; Vice Chair, China Expert Panel on Climate Change; Professor, CAS Institutes of Science and Development and UCAS

16:22-16:55

Panel 1: Storytelling to Promote Climate Solutions and Accelerate the Energy Transition

Guest Speakers (6 mins each):

• Linking People with Climate Change—Exploration of China’s First Climate Monthly Magazine “Tipping Point,” Liu Dong, The Paper
• Critical Solutions Reporting in Climate Journalism, Santiago Sáez Moreno, Director of Training, Covering Climate Now
• The Role That Mainstream Media Plays in Climate Communications, Leo Hickman, Director and Editor, Carbon Brief

Open discussion (15 mins)

16:55-17:30

Panel 2: Engaging for Action

Guest Speakers (6 mins each):

• Climate Narrative for Generation Z, Zeng Fanxu, Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University
• Public and Health Professional Engagement with Climate Change, John Kotcher, Research Associate Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
• Individual Actions in Together— Chinese Public Climate Action Project, Liu Jinmei, Director-General, Friends of Nature

Open discussion (15 mins)