Grateful for the opportunity to share my research on China’s just transition with Joanna Lewis. Thank you to Jeremy Wallace for the insightful comments on our paper and a special thanks to Jeff Colgan Dustin Tingley Shanuki Tillekeratne for hosting the workshop! Climate Solutions Lab

📢 Check out Weila Gong and Joanna Lewis' new paper on #InternationalEngagement in Greening China's BRI here! 👇 bit.ly/3Jyjg4f

Thanks to Anders Hove for inviting me as a guest for this week's OIES podcast, about GHG emissions from 🇨🇳 manufacturing sector (60%+ of natl emissions). I talked about why they may well have already peaked -- a byproduct of China's real estate boom finally closing.

Excited to share my new research with Joanna Lewis on how international actors are shaping China’s green BRI strategy. We propose two discrete models of international engagement and opportunities to engage China in shifting BRI investment in a greener direction.

🎦: Our Director Henry Lee explains that China has made "giant strides" toward electrifying its transportation sector, but there's more work to be done before 2030. Full video from Harvard University Center for the Environment: bit.ly/3CtqJ0B

US Climate Envoy John Kerry is heading to China for talks on global warming as tensions simmer between Washington and Beijing trib.al/r7oT4tV

China’s industrial policies are supercharging its solar, wind and EV manufacturers. The same policies are fueling its coal fever. I unpack the irony and how the West should react in this op-ed. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Join us for this discussion next Tuesday (US)/Wednesday (China).

Lots of good things in the new US-China Sunnylands statement on climate! state.gov/sunnylands-sta…

I’ll be speaking on a panel about “Ecological Civilization: at the intersection of policy, business, and philosophy” at the Brown-China Summit tomorrow. Register: brownchinasummit.org/all-summits/20…. The event will also be streamed online. Hope to see some of you there!

Today, the White House released the 2024 Economic Report of the President, which includes a chapter on accelerating the energy transition by removing obstacles to structural change. 1/

We’re excited to co-sponsor this China & the Environment symposium on April 19. Scholars from around the world will converge on UCLA School of Law to explore developments in Chinese environmental law + governance that are sure to have global ramifications. RSVP: forms.office.com/r/jb0kVVkjP5

📢CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: International Workshop on Climate Resilient Development in Southeast Asia at Harvard University on July 25-26. With colleagues from Southeast Asia, we will explore whether, where, and how climate resilient development can be enhanced. 📎: bit.ly/3IVdEAi

The climate and industrial strategy teams at Council of Economic Advisers joined forces to bring you this gem. Read below 🥰. 👇👇👇

Interested in learning about cutting-edge research on China's climate initiatives, both domestically and internationally? Join our panel TB 26 this morning if you're at the ISA!

My latest piece on China's "overcapacity" and how it reveals a deeper divide between its vision of the world and how other countries see it. I also talk about what's missing in the current debate and what China should do about it. high-capacity.com/p/chinas-overc…

If you’re near Bryant University on Tuesday evening, I’ll be discussing China’s response to addressing climate change and the implications for U.S.-China climate cooperation before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell’s China Town Hall address. Bryant University Belfer Center

Join us on Saturday morning #ISA2024 for a panel discussion that moves beyond the normative debate on just transitions. Our panel presents groundbreaking research on the development and implementation of just transitions across continents. Kathryn Chelminski Stacy D VanDeveer

Join us tomorrow at noon for a discussion on "Just Transitions for Coal Communities: Lessons from China and the US" if you are near Middlebury College. middlebury.edu/events/event/j…