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2025-05
Nexus Forum 2025 "Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation (CNEST)" Sub-Forum Successfully Concludes in Hong Kong
The Nexus Forum 2025 "Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation (CNEST)" Sub-Forum was successfully co-hosted by Tsinghua University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality and the International Urban Energy Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on May 10. The forum brought together leading experts including He Kebin, CAE Academician and Director of Tsinghua’s Institute; Prof. Mic...
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2025-04
Carbon Monitor Releases Fifth Consecutive Year of Global Daily Carbon Emission Data
On April 11, the Carbon Monitor team published its annual review titled "Global Carbon Emissions and Decarbonization in 2024" in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (5-year Impact Factor: 54.6), marking the fifth consecutive year of releasing global daily-scale carbon emission data. Dr. Deng Zhu, a recent PhD graduate from the Department of Earth System Science at Tsinghua University, served as ...
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2025-04
CNEST Frontiers Seminar #4 on “Air Pollution, Trees, and Carbon: From Atmospheric Chemistry to Future Forests” Successfully H...
The fourth session of the "Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation (CNEST)" Frontier Seminar Series was successfully held at Tsinghua University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality on April 14. Professor William Bloss, Vice President and Head of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, delivered a lecture titled “Air Pollution, Trees, and Carbon...
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2025-03
Research Team Led by Professor Lu Xi from Tsinghua University Makes New Progress in Accelerating Global Renewable Energy Develo...
Large-scale deployment of renewable energy is a critical measure to address the global energy crisis and achieve carbon neutrality goals. While countries worldwide are actively promoting the development of renewable energy, its exploitation and integration still face numerous challenges in technology, policy, and markets. Effectively accelerating the development and utilization of renewable ene...
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2025-03
CGTN | Tsinghua's Xu Ming: Measuring Carbon Footprints: How Will China's New System Work?
Xu Ming, Professor of Tsinghua University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality and Vice Dean of School of Environment, joined CGTN’s Climate Watch podcast to discuss China’s newly established national carbon footprint management system. He elaborated on the definition, calculation, and governance of product carbon footprints, and highlighted how the system can promote greener choices among busi...
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2025-03
Research on Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Management Practices in Manufacturing through Randomized Intervention Experiments C...
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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2025-02
Tsinghua-US Workshop on Climate Change, Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation (CNEST) Concludes at Harvard
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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2025-01
Prof. Guan Dabo’s Team of Tsinghua proposes different technology packages for aluminium smelters worldwide to deliver the 1.5...
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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2025-01
Annual Report 2024 for Carbon Dioxide Emission Accounts of Global Emerging Economies
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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2024-12
"Scientific Pollution Control for Shared Blue Skies" Regional Exchange in Asia Concludes Successfully
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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