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Transition Pathways
SPS Climate
Research on China’s energy emissions, including quantitative modeling.
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Research on market-oriented energy development across renewables, grids, and storage.
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Research on new technologies supporting the green transition of China's carbon-intensive industries.
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Research on China’s energy transition targets, policies, and roadmaps—focusing on the Coal Triangle region—including regional carbon peaking and neutrality goals.
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Research on new models and pathways for promoting green development cooperation in a changing global context.
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Research on synergies between China’s energy transition and high-quality development policies and actions.
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Renewables
SPS Climate
Resaerch on China’s adoption of renewables at the provincial and municipal level.
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Research on the energy efficiency of wind and solar.
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Research on the deployment and impact of renewables within China’s industrial transformation.
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Resarch on environmental impact across the lifecycle of renewables, including recycling of solar modules.
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Low-Carbon Trade and Investment
SPS Climate
Research on China’s trade and investment in low-carbon goods, including modeling of supply chain security and economic impacts.
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Research on carbon market mechanisms and financial tools and their efficiency for China’s climate transition.
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Research on the regulation of trade in green goods, clustering of zero-carbon industries, and sustainable supply chain policies.
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Research on green trade, global value chains, industrial upgrading, and China’s bilateral cooperation with Brazil and Indonesia.
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Research on synergies between China’s energy transition and 'high-quality development' policies and actions.
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Green and Inclusive Finance
SPS Climate
Research on reform options for the global financial architecture, including green financing and debt management.
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Research on China’s energy transition bonds, other sustainability-linked bonds, and financial tools for high-carbon industries.
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Research on China’s energy transition fund and the design of its financial system, investment policies, and fiscal mechanisms.
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Research on green finance, climate finance for the Global South, multilateral funding, and reform of the international financial architecture.
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Research on measures to align finance with domestic policy goals, including China’s environmental targets.
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Green Technology
SPS Climate
Research on hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), heat pumps, and other renewable energy equipment.
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Research on the adoption and economic feasibility of new power grids, energy storage, business models, and various grid and storage technologies.
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Research on emerging green technologies and their potential for addressing the transition of high-carbon industries transition, including electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking, hydrogen, and carbon capture storage.
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Research on the development of low-carbon industries and renewable energy technologies.
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Research on innovation in green industries, technology transfers, hydrogen, electric vehicles, and carbon capture and storage.
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Research on the transformation of China's coal and chemical industries, state of play of the energy transition, and environmental impact of China’s climate mitigation.
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Just Transition
SPS Green Finance
Research on workforce reallocation, employment policies, and financial policy for affected workers.
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Research on policies and practices across employment security, social equity, re-employment support, and welfare.
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Research on policies and practices for equitable economic growth, inclusive green transitions, and South-South cooperation including capacity building.
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Field Visits/Events
SPS Climate
Engage in ‘Track II dialogues’ including U.S.-China-Europe and Global South engagement, field studies, CCICED events, and participation in COP30.
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Engage in field visit in California and proposed statement with policy recommendations during COP30.
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Engage in a combination of desk research, domestic field visits (Shanxi, Hebei), and international field visits (France, Germany, Denmark).
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Engage in domestic and international comparative case analysis, COP30 engagement, internal expert seminars, and stakeholder consultations.
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Engage in comparative analysis of China’s bilateral relations with Indonesia and Brazil, and relations with BRICS.
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Engage in on-site field visit in key regions (Shanxi, Inner Mongolia) and international expert consultations.
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