Advocacy Actions
Energy and Carbon Market Working Group Representatives Attended Dinner with German and Danish Climate Envoys
On 10th April, Stefan Bernhart, Vice President of the European Chamber, Xiaolu Chen, Vice Chair of the Carbon Market Working Group and Susana Xu, Business Manager for the Energy and Carbon Market Working Groups attended a dinner with Mr. Norbert Gorißen and Mr. Tomas Anker Christensen, Climate Envoys of Germany and Denmark. The envoys are visiting Beijing to engage in constructive dialogue and seek opportunities for enhanced cooperation on climate action.
European Chamber Spoke at the 2024 IGEA New Year's Symposium for Foreign Embassies in China and International Organizations
On 19th January, Mr. Renato Roldão and Mr. Gianni Di Giovanni, States' Representatives of the European Chamber, spoke at the New Year's Symposium for Foreign Embassies in China and International Organizations hosted by the International Green Economy Association (IGEA). They congratulated on the achievements of the IGEA, introduced the relevant Working Groups (Energy, Environment and Carbon Market) and the Carbon Neutrality Action (CNA) initiative of the Chamber, and hoped for further cooperation with the IGEA in 2024.
Read moreJoint WG Meeting on the Latest Decarbonisation Policies and Actions in the EU and China with Mr. Rainer Emschermann from DG CLIMA
On Thursday 18th January, the European Chamber organised a joint WG meeting with Mr. Rainer Emschermann, Policy Officer at Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), European Commission, on the EU’s climate and green transition policy landscape and regulations at the heart of the EU’s decarbonisation agenda. Mr. Renato Roldão, States' Representative, European Chamber, gave the opening remarks and moderated the whole session. Representatives from various WGs such as energy, carbon market, aviation and aerospace, maritime manufacturing and industrial services, and automotive, elaborated on China’s green transition push from the perspective of EU businesses in the panel discussion.
Read moreSubmitted Comments on the CNIS' National Standard for Greenhouse Gases – Product Carbon Footprint – Requirements and Guidelines for Quantification (Draft for Comments)
On 5th January 2024, the Carbon Market Working Group submitted comments on the CNIS' National Standard for Greenhouse Gases – Product Carbon Footprint – Requirements and Guidelines for Quantification (Draft for Comments).
Read moreWorking Group Meeting on China’s Product Carbon Footprint System with China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS)
On 20th December, the European Chamber Carbon Market Working Group invited Mr. Sun Liang, Associate Researcher, Resource and Environment Sub-Institute, China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS) and various industry players to give updates on China’s product carbon footprint system, and share best practices in corporate carbon footprint management.
Read moreCarbon Market WG Chair Spoke at the Zero-Carbon Energy Voluntary Certification Platform Launch
On 1 December 2023, Ruixin Li, European Chamber Carbon Market WG Chair, spoke at the Zero-Carbon Energy Voluntary Certification Platform Launch organised by the China Biomass Energy Industry Promotion Association.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Co-organised the 2023 China-Europe Offshore Renewables Development & Cooperation Forum in Yancheng, Jiangsu
The 2023 China-Europe Offshore Renewables Development & Cooperation Forum was successfully hosted on 20-22 November by China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and Yancheng Municipal People’s Government, with support of China's National Energy Administration and Jiangsu Provincial People's Government.
Read moreEuropean Chamber representatives meet with Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra
On 15th November European Chamber President Jens Eskelund and a number of European Chamber representatives met with Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Carbon Market WG Vice Chair Spoke at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Green and Low-Carbon Development in Changsha
On October 21, Richard Lin, Vice Chair of European Chamber's Carbon Market Working Group, spoke at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Green and Low-Carbon Development in Changsha. During the Forum’s Parallel Session 5: Trade, Investment and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific, Richard Lin analysed the impact, challenges and countermeasures of the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism (EU CBAM) from three aspects.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Co-organised an Online Workshop on Renewable Energy Financing with the German Energy Agency (dena) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
The European Chamber co-organised the online release event of the "Renewable Energy & Storage Financing" report with the German Energy Agency (dena) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on Wednesday 18th October. Zhonghua Xu, National Chair of Energy Working Group gave the opening remarks and Mario Huang Yu, National Chair of Banking & Securities Working Group, delivered a keynote speech on the financing of renewable energy projects.
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