A reminder that the deadline for our fourth cohort fellowship applications is March 17!
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A reminder that the deadline for our fourth cohort fellowship applications is March 17!
There are journal issues...and then there are journal issues! The truly epic 25th Anniversary Special Issue of the GEP journal, titled "Continuity and Change in Global Environmental Politics," is now live and free to read for the next 90 days through @mitpress.bsky.social.
We are delighted to publish working papers by our third cohort Climate & Environment fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar featuring these authors tomorrow February 20 from 12-1 pm ET, registration link at the QR code on the poster below:
What does the U.S. gain by leaving the UNFCCC? Not much, says SFS Prof Joanna Lewis. Speaking with @marketplace.org, she warns that leaving the climate treaty weakens Washington’s ability to shape the global response to climate change & hands leadership to China.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pKsYTz
I'm hiring! Come work with me as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University on #energy #climate #China. Start date of fall 2026. See more details and apply here by January 12, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178086
I spoke on The World today about China’s new climate targets. theworld.org/segments/202...
Sounds like he just said the 7-10% was from the peak, which is slated to be "before 2030" based on the current NDC.
FULL TEXT: Unofficial transcript of remarks delivered by China's president Xi Jinping to the UN climate action summit, including the outlines of China's 2035 climate pledge
docs.google.com/docu...
It was just delivered by President Xi at the UN climate summit in New York by video english.news.cn/20250925/326...
Question - I think he said the target was based off a 2030 peak?
Adaptation has been neglected in past NDCs from China so it’s mention is also notable
The target goes beyond the high-level goal to give details about how they are likely to meet the goal including by increasing the use of non-fossil energy and EVs, plus expanding the national ETS to cover high-emissions sectors (such as industry)
We should not forget that this marks the first ever absolute, economy-wide GHG emissions target for China
-The signaling of “striving to do better” shows that this is a low-end goal for China, which as many like to say prefers to under promise and overdeliver on climate and energy goals.
-We should not forget that this marks the first ever absolute, economy-wide GHG emissions target for China
Quick thoughts:
-The Biden administration and others were pushing for a 30% reduction by 2035 so 7-10% is quite a bit more modest. That said, the 30% ask was unrealistic given current emissions trends in China, as well as political realities (including in the US).
-Scale up the total forest stock volume to over 24 billion cubic meters
-Make new energy vehicles the mainstream in the sale of new vehicles
-Expand the national ETS to cover major high emissions sectors
-Establish a climate-adaptive society
China NDC for 2035
-Net economy wide GHG emissions by 7-10% from peak levels
Increase share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to over 30%
-Expand installed capacity of wind and solar power to over 6x the 2020 levels, striving to bring the total to 3600 GW
me too...
Joanna Lewis, Sam Geall, Lauri Myllivirta, I and some others quoted in this Brook Larmer piece on China's global green-tech ambitions. This is part of the focus of my forthcoming book "Chinese Global Environmentalism," out later this year. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/m...
“There is a huge opportunity for China to play a much greater role in the low-carbon energy transition across the Global South... by helping these countries build their own green industries and to learn from China’s own green industrial policy model.”
Excited to be selected as a Lead Author for the #IPCC 7th Assessment Report Working Group III.
Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
China’s industrial policy has attracted a lot of faddish attention recently. But @jhelvy.bsky.social and @joannalewis.bsky.social have been studying for a decade-plus, long before it was clear it would work.
Was great to talk about how it’s been a fabulous failure: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
On Shift Key podcast this week: How China’s Industrial Policy Really Works. Rob and Jesse get into the nitty gritty on China’s energy policy with Joanna Lewis and John Paul Helveston.
Today on SHIFT KEY: @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social & I talk with two experts, @joannalewis.bsky.social & @jhelvy.bsky.social, about how China's industrial policy really works—and what the US should learn from it. Hint: it's not tariffs! heatmap.news/podcast/shif... 🔌💡 🔌🚗
NEW SHIFT KEY
We get deep into the bowels of China’s industrial policy with @jhelvy.bsky.social and @joannalewis.bsky.social.
What tools have worked the best? Has China used tariffs? And — when this crisis passes — what can the US learn about how to nurture new tech?
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Today's @politico.com China Watcher: Trump's China investment curbs - more bark than bite? China, global climate champion; Thailand bows to Beijing by refouling Uyghurs back to China; Taiwan-U.S. ties according to the KMT. Subscribe! www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
China climate and environment scholars - consider applying to be part of the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations. I highly recommend the experience! Applications due 2/28. web.sas.upenn.edu/future-of-us...
