According to data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the industrial sector contributes approximately one-third of global carbon emissions, primarily due to fossil fuel consumption in electricity and heat production. Therefore, improving energy efficiency in this sector is crucial for addressing climate change. Despite the implementation of numerous policies in recent yea...
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The "Climate Change, Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation (CNEST)" workshop was successfully co-hosted by the Harvard China Project and Tsinghua University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality on February 12–14. Around 40 leading scholars from Harvard, Tsinghua, MIT, Peking University, Nanjing University, Hong Kong Baptist University, and other institutions delivered keynote speech...
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The global aluminium smelting industry represents a significant contributor to industrial greenhouse gas emissions. As aluminium is an essential material in clean energy manufacturing and modern infrastructure development, the increasing demand for this metal has made emission reduction in primary aluminium production a critical factor in achieving global carbon neutrality. Nevertheless, the pr...
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This year marks the fourth edition of the Report for CO2 Emission Accounts of Global Emerging Economies. As a significant reference for energy consumption and CO2 emissions, this report provides robust data subport and guidance for the low-carbon transition of these emerging economies. In the new report, the Carbon Emission Accounts and Datasets for Emerging Economies (CEADs) continue to monito...
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The "Scientific Pollution Control for Shared Blue Skies" Asia Regional Clean Air Exchange, co-organized by the Clean Air Asia and the Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, was successfully held on November 18–21 in Beijing. Supported by Peking University’s College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Tsinghua University’s School of Environ...
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The Clean Air Policy Partnership (CCAPP) 2024 Annual Meeting and the launch of the Synergistic Pathways for Carbon Neutrality and Clean Air in China (2024) report were successfully held on November 29. The event was co-organized by CCAPP, Tsinghua University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality, the School of Atmospheric Sciences at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, the Co...
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The High-Level Symposium on "Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation(CNEST): Climate Change System Science" and the Tsinghua-IIASA Joint Workshop were successfully convened in Beijing on November 29. The event brought together leading scholars from Tsinghua University, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Peking University, Zhejiang University, Beijing No...
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The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11. This year’s conference aims to advance the negotiation of a new collective quantified goal on climate finance and achieve a balanced package of outcomes on mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement regarding glob...
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The UK-China Research and Innovation Workshop on Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality successfully took place in London on November 6, bringing together leading academics from Tsinghua University, UCL, Cambridge, Imperial College London, and Reading University, alongside representatives from research and innovation agencies in both countries. The workshop facilitated in-depth dialogue on advanc...
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The "Basic Science and Interdisciplinary Frontiers Forum: Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation"(CNEST), a key segment of the 2024 World Laureates Association(WLA) Forum, was successfully held in Shanghai. The event gathered leading scientists to address the critical challenge of transforming global energy systems to achieve climate goals.Chaired by Professor He Kebin, a Chinese Ac...
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