Workshop on Sino-German Experience on Climate Governance
May 25, 2022
On 12 May team members from NCSC, NCI, CA, and the GIZ, organized a technical workshop on climate governance in China and Germany.
On 12 May team members from NCSC, NCI, CA, and the GIZ, organized a technical workshop on climate governance in China and Germany.
On the afternoon of 22 March (Beijing time), GIZ China, the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP), and the World Bank’s Partnership for Market Readiness (PMI) launched the Chinese version of Emissions Trading in Practice: A Handbook on Design and Implementation”, the second version of which was released in English in 2021.
During a planning workshop on the Dual-Carbon Piloting School for Jiangsu Province, held on 04 March, it was jointly agreed to initiate the development of dual-carbon piloting school standards and a low carbon and environment protection curriculum and piloting for preschool education.
On 25 February, a brainstorm seminar on the establishment of the Nanjing Carbon Neutral Building Research Center took place. The proposed research center is authorized by the Nanjing Science and Technology Bureau and will be established by the Nanjing Second Architectural Design Institute. Relevant experts from research institutes, universities and enterprises, as well as from the Jiangsu Project participated in the seminar to make suggestions for the establishment and development of the research center.
The workshop was opened by Dr GAO Xiang from NCSC and Mr Steffen MENZEL of the GIZ NDC Implementation project who also introduced the participants from NCSC, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, and Climate Analytics (CA).
During the workshop on 26 January, the NDCI project‘s workstream on sectoral best practices met up with Chinese partners and experts from the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), the Energy Research Institute (ERI), China Cement Association, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in order to discuss next steps for the planned cooperation on aligning the Chinese cement sector with the Chinese NDC targets.
On 13 January, the NDC implementation project discussed possible topics for emission reduction studies in selected sectors to be prepared together with Chinese experts.
On 07 January, an expert review workshop for the GIZ-commissioned research on the carbon peaking roadmap of Yancheng city was held in Nanjing.
The follow-up meeting to the last workshop held in December took place on 7 January and was divided into two sessions.
An expert team consisting of the Jiangsu Department of Ecology and Environment, the GIZ Jiangsu Project together with other institutes paid a field visit to Liyang for consultation on creating Liyang High Tech District into the smart dual carbon demonstration site on 28 December 2021.