With China’s pledge of peaking carbon emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060, the country is demonstrating an increased determination to a profound low-carbon transformation of its economy and society. The Sino-German Cooperation on Climate Change is supported by the German Federal Government through the International Climate Initiative (IKI) being implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
To facilitate the Sino-German policy dialogue on climate change and to accelerate climate action in these two countries, the Sino-German Cooperation on Climate Change provides a knowledge-sharing platform for technical exchange among stakeholders. It was established to facilitate the sharing of lessons learned and to raise climate ambition among stakeholders in their decarbonisation pathways.
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The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD) jointly organised a hybrid workshop entitled ‘China-EU Expert Workshop on Climate Finance and Investment’ in Beijing on 10 July.
On 9 July, representatives of three local pilots on climate finance – Xixian New Area of Shaanxi province, Tianfu New Area of Sichuan province, and Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing city – agreed on a strategic cooperation framework amongst these pilots and signed an MoU on climate finance. Selected by MEE in 2022 as the first patch of local pilots, their work in climate financing and investment has been supported by the Sino-German Cooperation on Climate Change – NDC implementation project.
Integrated Urban Climate Action for Low-Carbon and Resilient Cities (Urban-Act) Project expert workshops on ‘Integrated Climate Resilience Planning ‘and ‘Systematization of Climate Resilience Laws and
On 7 June 2023, the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC) organised the closing workshop of one cooperation project on mitigation of industry related N2O. The cooperation is part of the project “Sino-German Cooperation on Emissions Trading Systems, Carbon Market Mechanisms, and Industry-related N2O Mitigation.”
On 25 May 2023, Zhongshan Xiaolan Low-Carbon Development & Promotion Center, as the implementation agency of the first IKI Small Grants project in China, hosted
The first phase of the Sino-German Track II Dialogue (T2D) on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, a joint initiative between China and Germany, has concluded successfully, paving the way for its second stage. This significant development was announced at the 6th Steering Committee meeting held in Beijing from 26 to 27 April 2023.
On 23 May 2023, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council proposed ‘Several Opinions on Establishing a National Spatial
On 23 May, Shandong Province released an implementation plan for synergized pollution reduction and carbon mitigation. This major step, jointly rolled out by the Department
The Shandong electricity spot market saw negative prices for 22 consecutive hours (20:00; 1 May – 17:00; 2 May) during national holidays in May 2023.
Since 1 May 2023, Chinese governmental entities and enterprises are required to conduct a carbon impact analysis for every new investment project located in China.
The Ministry of Natural Resources issued the ‘Requirements for Strictly Adhering to the Bottom Line and Standardizing the implementation of Comprehensive Land Remediation Pilot in
Eleven ministries jointly issued the guideline on building a holistic standard system to achieve China’s carbon peaking and neutrality goals. The standard system contains four