Opportunities for Enhanced Near-term U.S.-China Climate Action: Subnational Climate Leadership
July 11, 2023 | 5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. (Pacific Time)
July 12, 2023 | 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. (China Standard Time)
Subnational collaboration offers unique opportunities for cooperation between China and the U.S., particularly in areas where local governments can have a greater impact and federal authority is limited. Both nations have influential states that inform their national policy decisions. Several key sectors offer opportunities for subnational climate action, including: transitioning from fossil fuels and coal, decarbonizing energy, enhancing climate resilience and adaptation, designing carbon markets, and reducing methane emissions. During this event, issue-experts discussed a recent paper, Subnational Climate Action in the U.S and China: Where We Are and Opportunities for Cooperation.
AGENDA (times listed in Pacific Time)
5:00 PM Discussion is opened by Moderator, Jessica Gordon, Senior Climate Policy Fellow, California-China Climate Institute
5:10 PM Subnational Leadership Opportunities for the U.S. and China
- Fan Dai, Director, California-China Climate Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- Joanna Lewis, Professor, Georgetown University
- Zhu Xiaoming, Southeast University in China
- Meian Chen, Program Director/Senior Analyst, Institute for Global Decarbonization Progress
Expert Commentary and Reactions
- Alex Wang, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, and Faculty Co-Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
- Amy Holm, Executive Director, The Climate Registry
5:50 PM Moderated Audience Question and Answer
6:15 PM Closing Remarks, Moderator