2025 CCICED Issues Paper

The 2025 Issues Paper presents a detailed assessment of the global green transition at a time of escalating ecological tipping points and geopolitical and economic turbulence.

It examines escalating climate, biodiversity, and pollution tipping points; growing international turbulence marked by trade protectionism, rising debt, weakened multilateral institutions, and constrained fiscal space in developing countries; and the accelerating green transition driven by rapid advances in renewable energy, climate finance, grid modernization, and low-carbon industrial innovation.

Across each issue area, the paper highlights implications for China and the international community, with a focus on just transition, stranded asset risks, whole-of-society engagement, and evolving opportunities for international cooperation.

Document Type: Issues Papers Year: 2025 Phase: Phase VII (2022-2027)