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Senior Chinese and international experts from governments, institutions, corporations, academia, and civil society organizations serve as Special Advisors to CCICED. The Special Advisors provide insights to CCICED’s research and policy recommendations.

Kuat Akizhanov

Deputy Director, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute

Knut Halvor Alfsen

CEO, Alfsen Consulting

Howard Bamsey

Hon. Professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University

Shenyu G. Belsky

China Program Director, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Dimitri de Boer

Director and Chief Representative, China, ClientEarth

Guillermo Castilleja

Senior Advisor, Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Galit Cohen

Director, Climate Change and National Security, Israel Institute for National Security Studies

Stephan Contius

Special Advisor on SDGs, Foundations 20

David Cooper

Oxford Martin School Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford

Lana Edwards

Acting Director General of Bilateral Affairs and Trade, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Kevin Gallagher

Director, Boston University's Global Development Policy Center

Christoffer Grønstad

Senior Policy Advisor, Norwegian Institute for Water Research

Guo Jing

Former Director General, Department of International Cooperation, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Mark Halle

Former European Representative, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Ilka Hirt

Deputy Director General, International Policy, Germany's Environment Ministry

Hongpeng Lei

Chief, Mitigation Branch, Climate Change Division, United Nations Environment Programme

Hu Baolin

Honorary Dean, Research Institute of China Green Development, Tianjin University

Hu Qing

Professor, School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (Beijing)

Neo Gim Huay

Managing Director, World Economic Forum

Jeanne-Marie Huddleston

Director General, Bilateral Affairs and Trade, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Ji Yongjun

Director General, Department of Asian & African Affairs, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

Bernice Lee

Hoffmann Distinguished Fellow for Sustainability, Chatham House

Li Haisheng

Chief Scientist, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences

Li Xiaojiang

Professor, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design

Li Zhenguo

Founder and President, LONG

Liu Jian

Director, Science Division of United Nations Environment Programme

Ma Jun

Chairperson, Green Finance Committee, China Society for Finance and Banking

Meng Fei

China Program Senior Director, Energy Innovation

Hans Mommaas

Former DG, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Mary Nichols

Vice Chair, California-China Climate Institute

Oyun Sanjaasuren

Director, External Affairs, Green Climate Fund

Catherine Stewart

Ambassador for Climate Change, Canada

Sze Ping Lo

Program Director, Sequoia Climate Foundation

Tang Jie

Director, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

Ismo Tiainen

Director General, Ministry of Environment, Finland

Wang Yusuo

Founder and Chairman, Board of ENN Group

Xiaohua Zhang

Senior Director, ClimateWorks Foundation

Xu Lin

Chairman, China-US Green Fund

Ye Yanfei

Former Senior Inspectorate Advisor, Policy Research Bureau, China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration

Yu Ping

Former President, China Council for Promotion of International Trade

Zhai Panmao

Co-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I

Zhai Qi

Exec. Secretary General, China Business Council for Sustainable Development

Zhang Yansheng

Chief Researcher, China Center for International Economic Exchanges

Zhang Yong

Deputy General Manager, Cosco Shipping Group

Zhang Yongsheng

DG, Research Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Zhou Heng

Former Director, Department of International Cooperation of China's Meteorological Administration

Zou Ji

President and CEO, Energy Foundation China

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