ACTIVITIES

06 December 2017 – Decades of reliance on coal-generated power coupled with unprecedented economic growth have left China the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but also galvanised a clear ambition to transform its economy into a more sustainable and low-carbon one. One driver of this transition is the power

06 December 2017 – The Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) held a conference on ‘Carbon Emissions and Emissions Trading in China’s Power Sector’ in Hangzhou. The conference was implemented by the Huadian Electric Power Research Institute (CHDER) and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), SinoCarbon, the

11 September 2017 – In order to explore economic policy instruments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, the projects Capacity Building for ETS in China and Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as well as the China Academy of Transport

28 November – 02 December 2016 and 05-09 December 2016 – In order to further prepare local officials and their supporting institutions for participation in the upcoming national Emissions Trading Scheme, the Sino-German project “Capacity Building for the Establishment of Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS) in China” initiated a series of

20 March 2017 – In recent years, climate protection and the transition to a low-carbon economy have become core objectives of the Chinese government. China pledged its mitigation targets internationally, namely the commitment to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 and to reduce its carbon intensity by 60 to 65%. Implementing

15 November 2016 –  With the approaching launch of the national emissions trading scheme (ETS), the project “Capacity Building for the Establishment of Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS) in China”  invited experts and industry representatives from petrochemical and chemical companies from Europe and China to participate in two two-day workshops in