From 8 to 15 September 2024, GIZ’s “Sino-German Cooperation on Climate Change – NDC Implementation” project hosted a study tour on climate change adaptation to Germany and the Netherlands.
Two events took place in Beijing in September 2024, supported by the Sino-German Climate Partnership, a project implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office: the first Sino-German Climate Study Camp, organized in collaboration with Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Tsinghua University, as well as the third keynote lecture of the NextGen Climate Dialogue series. These events strengthened contacts and enabled exchange between young climate leaders from China, Germany, and other European nations, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle the global climate challenge. They also provided a platform for engagement on climate science, policy, and action to those students who sought a better understanding of the science of climate change and avenues for climate action.
The “Sino-German Climate Change Cooperation – NDC Implementation” program serves as the knowledge hub for the IKI in China, promoting networking and exchange among IKI projects and facilitating exchange with political partners. In this role, it invited to this year’s IKI China Interface and Networking Workshop which took place from 28 to 29 August 2024. China is a priority country of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in which bilateral and regional projects focusing on combatting climate change as well as protecting the environment and biodiversity are being implemented.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Hunan Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (HRAES) jointly kicked-off a collaboration aiming to speed up decarbonization of the transportation sector in Hunan province in Changsha on 25th July 2024. The cooperation with HRAES will contribute to the development of carbon reduction pathways for the transport sector at the provincial level as reference for decision makers to formulate and refine relevant strategies, policies and action plans.
One focus of the NDC Implementation project is the cooperation on climate change adaptation at the subnational level in China, such as supporting provinces with the local implementation of national adaptation strategies. After the selection of partner provinces in consultation with the political partners Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), the first half of 2024 was characterised by an intensive scoping phase during which the provinces put forward their focus areas that would benefit from international cooperation.
Ms. Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action from the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, and Prof. Dirk Messner, president of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), kicked off the NextGen Climate Dialogue Series with lectures two renown Chinese universities. The events took place after the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visited the Tongji University in April 2024 and highlighted the importance of Sino-German cooperation and academic exchange to address global climate challenges.
A representative from the Climate and Ozone Protection Alliance (COPA) Global, Ms. Malin Emmerich, visited China from April 7th to 13th, 2024. It was her second visit after the one in 2023 together with project director Ms. Ellen Michel. Her itinerary included a series of key engagements to support COPA in China, starting with the participation in the China Refrigeration Expo (CRH2024), where she attended sessions on green and low-carbon refrigeration technology and best practices in the service sector. At the event she introduced COPA’s activities in China to the audience. Subsequently, a meeting with UNDP China was held in Beijing, furthering the Alliance’s collaborative efforts.
In the past two years, the NDCI project has collaborated with Shandong province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on policy comparison and economic and energy modeling. Following the approval of a project extension, the German and Chinese governments agreed that the NDCI project should work with eight provinces over the next two years. These provinces are Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Sichuan.
The visit of a group of Chinese academics and experts to Bangkok from 12 to 14 June 2024 marked the first in-person visit by the Chinese partners involved in the Urban-Act project since its inception in 2022. The delegation comprised academic and technical experts from Tongji University, the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC) under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), the Shanghai Urban Planning & Design Research Institute (SUPDRI), and the National Climate Center (NCC) of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
The 8th Sino-German Track 2 Dialogue on Climate Change and Sustainable Development convened at Fudan University in Shanghai from 27 to 28 May 2024, co-hosted by the German Environment Agency (UBA) and the Chinese National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), and supported by GIZ. This significant event gathered prominent experts from China and Germany to address urgent global climate challenges. UBA President Prof Dirk Messner and NCSC Director-General Xu Huaqing jointly moderated the dialogue.
