Tianjin Seeks Low-Carbon Development with GEI-CCS Toolkit

TIANJIN (Apr. 16-18, 2015) – The Global Environmental Institute (GEI) and the Tianjin Academy of Governance (TJAG) successfully held a training workshop on Low Carbon Policy Quantitative Analysis Methods in Tianjin.

Views from the Tianjin training – GEI 2015

Attendees included three American experts from the US-based Center for Climate Strategies and more than 20 Chinese experts and researchers from TJAG, Qinghai Communist Party School, Tianjin University, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics, Shanxi Ecological Environment Research Center, and the Development Research Center of Dalian Municipal Government.

During three days of training and activities, the Chinese and American experts and researchers conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on a variety of topics, including how to conduct a quantitative analysis of macro- and microeconomic impacts of low carbon policies in China and the implications for policy selection.

An expert from US-based Center for Climate Strategies presents an analysis of Low-Carbon Development – GEI 2015

The three American experts presented on the methodologies used in the US to make and quantitatively analyze low carbon policies, including specific case studies. This was well received by the Chinese experts and researchers, who then shared their own experiences and the challenges faced in conducting a quantitative analysis of low carbon policy in China. They also expressed their hope to participate in further similar exchanges in the future.

The workshop not only strengthened communication between the American and Chinese low carbon policy experts and researchers but also provided a new way of thinking and new methods of low carbon policy quantitative analysis to the Chinese experts.

GEI will hold more such exchanges in the future and hopes more experts and researchers from both China and abroad can attend.

This exchange workshop was presided over by Professor Wang Chonggao, the Professor in Chief of the TJAG’s Education Department, while GEI program officers Yu Qingchan, Cui Nanying and Xu Shengnian assisted in the group discussions.