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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 PM
Findings 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.
Beijing Environment Bureau and EF China Launched Cooperation for 2020
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 23, 2020 12:26 PMIn late April, 2020, Beijing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau and Energy Foundation China (EF China) reviewed their cooperation in 2019 and kicked off new research programs for 2020, with attendees including Chen Tian, bureau chief; Li Xiaohua, deputy bureau chief; and Zou Ji, CEO and President of EF China.
First Online Workshop of “Promoting Individual Low-carbon Consumption” was Held
— by Henry — last modified Apr 23, 2020 11:42 AMOn 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.
Make the Stimulus Green, Climate Experts Say
— by Henry — last modified Jun 27, 2022 09:46 PMIn late March 2020, Energy Foundation China, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the Institutes of Science and Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, European Climate Foundation, Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) and the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Secretariat organized an online expert meeting for the council’s Special Policy Study (SPS) on global climate governance and China’s role. More than 70 economics and climate experts from China, the UK, and European countries discussed what the current global responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic downturn are, how to shape a new growth story through green stimulus packages, and how to coordinate a low carbon stimulus with China’s near-, medium-, and long-term plans to promote high-quality development and modernization.
A Great American Philanthropist’s Legacy in China
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Mar 25, 2020 09:53 AMCole Wilbur, co-author of Giving With Confidence: A Guide to Savvy Philanthropy, is a veteran grantmaker for philanthropic organizations. During his 23 years at the helm of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, he helped grow the organization “from a small, obscure West Coast foundation to one of the 10 largest foundations in the United States”
Let Renewable Energy Lead China Forward
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Feb 12, 2020 05:38 PMRenewables have become an important part of China’s energy supply. Since the promulgation and implementation of the monumental Renewable Energy Law, this industry has entered a period of rapid development. In 2018, new increase and the total of installed capacity of hydro, wind, and photovoltaic power in the country both ranked number one in the world.
Workshop Proposed 2030 and 2050 Air Quality Goals and Pathways for China
— by Henry — last modified May 19, 2021 10:23 PMIn January 2020, a 2050 clean air project led by Professor Zhang Qiang from Tsinghua University and supported by Energy Foundation China convened its final expert workshop in Beijing. This project aimed to propose medium- and long-term air quality goals for China and explore the strategy and pathway for the co-control of air quality and climate change issues.
Celebrating 20 Years in China
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 30, 2019 02:14 PMEnergy Foundation China proudly celebrated our 20 years of operating in China through a series of events and festivities in Beijing in November 2019. With an overall theme of “sustainable energy, prosperous future,” we hosted a number of forums and dialogues to celebrate the progress our community has made, while also keeping an eye on the challenges of the future.
Roundtable Discussed How to Achieve Deep Decarbonization of Industry in China
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 22, 2019 02:05 PMIn November 2019, Energy Foundation China hosted a roundtable to discuss the strategies and pathways for achieving deep decarbonization of the Chinese industry sector, as one of the events celebrating the foundation’s 20th anniversary.
EF China Released U.S.-China Climate Declaration at Its 20th Anniversary Celebration
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 22, 2019 02:05 PMEnergy Foundation China released the following declaration as we celebrated our 20 years in China with a number of forums and dialogues in November 2019, sending a strong signal of the value of China-U.S. engagement.
Air Quality, Climate Change, and Human Health Forum Held Amid EF China’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 30, 2019 12:02 PMIn November 2019, , an Air Quality, Climate Change, and Human Health forum was held at the Beijing International Hotel as one of the celebration events for Energy Foundation China’s 20th Anniversary.
EF China Partners Met Beijing Mayor, Witnessed MOU Signing With the City
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 23, 2019 06:40 PMIn November 2019, board members of Energy Foundation China and senior representatives of international philanthropies in the field of climate change, environmental protection, and sustainable energy met Chen Jining, Mayor of the Beijing Municipality. Together, they witnessed the signing of a cooperation framework agreement between Beijing’s Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau and Energy Foundation China (2019-2023) by Chen Tian, Director General of the bureau, and Zou Ji, CEO and President of the foundation.
Market Mechanisms Propel China’s Green Growth
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Feb 12, 2020 06:21 PMOnce upon a time in China, smog was a foreign concept, something people talked about when London or Los Angeles was mentioned. But since early this century, it has become the focus of the whole country. New words, such as “airpocalypse,” were invented to describe situations where existing vocabularies failed with their insufficiency.
Sensible Efficiency Standards Lead to Energy Saving and Emission Reductions
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Feb 12, 2020 06:00 PM“During the Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco in September 2018, Minister Xie Zhenhua, China’s Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs, enthusiastically talked about how Energy Foundation China raised $2 million for the 2012 Hundred Energy Efficiency Standards Promotion Project (HEESPP), providing timely and strong support for the smooth progression of the project,” Dr. He Ping, Industry Program Director of EF China proudly recalled, when talking about the foundation’s efforts on improving industrial energy efficiency in the country.
Improvement in Air Quality and Reduction of GHGs at the Same Time
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Feb 12, 2020 05:54 PMIn China, air pollution is arguably the most pressing environmental problem. In the meantime, climate change is the most serious environmental crisis in the world. And the two are highly correlated.
EF China and CAEP Held Seminar on Air Pollution Control in Greater Jing-Jin-Ji Region
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Dec 17, 2019 03:55 PMIn September, Energy Foundation China and grantee the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) held a seminar on the air pollution prevention and control in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (or Jing-Jin-Ji) region and the Fenhe-Weihe plains, areas that have suffered suffocating smog in China.
The Story of Our Experiences
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Feb 12, 2020 07:22 PM“I’m in total agreement with these words from Mr. Tizon. Good communications can give people an excellent understanding of your story and win over their heart and mind. It can also give birth to an enthusiasm for change. Climate change is becoming the underlying theme for all the important issues in the world. Therefore it is an exciting challenge to tell a good story of climate change and low-carbon transformation, in order to cultivate ambition and encourage action for saving humanity in the face of climate calamity,” said Jing Hui, Director of Strategic Communications at Energy Foundation China (EF China).
Climate Champions Call for Accelerated Global Climate Action
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Oct 30, 2019 10:55 PMOn the eve of the United Nations Climate Summit in late September, Energy Foundation China, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the Institute of Science and Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences organized a working dinner of Chinese and foreign experts on global climate governance and China’s role in New York City.
Toward Zero Emission Vehicles
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Feb 12, 2020 07:11 PM“During the few years around the turn of this millennium, the streets of Beijing were filled with yellow taxi vans—locals jokingly likened them to ‘noisy locusts.’ Soon, these tiny boxes on wheels were replaced by red Xiali, mini hatchbacks with Japanese origin, as a staple of taxi fleet in China. Its number kept rising until people would say ‘all under the heaven is red.’ Since then, China’s auto sales had grown at an average rate of more than 20 percent per year, eventually making it the world’s largest auto market,” Gong Huiming, director of the Transportation Program at Energy Foundation China, recalled.
Air Workshop Proposes Policy Priorities for the 14th Five Year Plan
— by quanxun — last modified Jun 23, 2021 06:32 PMLate July, Energy Foundation China and the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly held a workshop to identify policy gaps in the field of air quality for the next Five-Year Plan (2021–2015).
Electrification Is the Future for Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Experts Say
— by Chen Renwei — last modified Sep 29, 2019 12:29 PMTechnical innovations such as electrification will help push trucks in China toward net-zero emissions, said experts attending the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emissions Summit in Bo’ao, Hainan province.
