Apr 25, 2023
Segment 1:
China's nonprofit Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs
(IPE) was founded in 2006 to address severe air and water pollution
in China and to help safeguard the global environment. It developed
the Blue Map, China's first public environmental database and
mobile app that tracks air, water, soil, and ocean quality data, as
well as the performance of hundreds of thousands of major emitters.
The information has been a potent aid for improving environmental
governance across China. In 2020, IPE launched the Blue Map for
Zero Carbon, and continues to use cooperation between companies,
government, NGOs, research organizations and other stakeholders to
achieve environmental transformation, promote environmental
information disclosure and improve environmental governance
mechanisms.
Segment 2:
Energy Foundation China is a grantmaking charitable organization
registered in California (formally separate from the U.S. Energy
Foundation since 2019). It has been working in China since 1999,
and is dedicated to China’s sustainable energy development. The
Foundation’s vision is to achieve prosperity and a safe climate
through sustainable energy. Its mission is to realize greenhouse
gas emissions neutrality, world-class air quality, energy access,
and green growth through transforming energy and optimizing
economic structure. The Foundation works across seven fields:
power, industry, transportation, cities, environmental management,
low carbon economic growth, and strategic communications.
In an interview moderated by David Sandalow on April 10, 2023, Energy Foundation China President Zou Ji discusses the latest developments in the clean energy transition in China, the priorities of the Energy Foundation, and how the international community is doing in responding to climate change.
About the speakers:
www.ncuscr.org/event/climate-action-ipe/
www.ncuscr.org/event/energy-foundation-china/
Read the podcast transcripts here:
www.ncuscr.org/podcast/climate-action-ipe/
www.ncuscr.org/podcast/energy-foundation-china/
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