On December 2, 2023, Pan Jiahua, member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Deputy Director of the National Expert Committee on Climate Change, Director of the Sustainable Development Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Dean of the Institute of Ecological Civilization at Beijing University of Technology, along with Zhang Ying, Deputy Director of the Climate Change Economics Research Office at the Institute of Ecological Civilization of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, attended and spoke at the event "Towards Zero-Carbon Goals: Collaborative Action in Industry, Academia, and Research." The event took place at the China Pavilion in Dubai Expo City and was organized by the Nagoya University-Sinotrust Carbon Investment Carbon Neutrality Innovation Joint Laboratory and the Global Climate Action and Technology Innovation Center. Co-organizers included the University of International Business and Economics, the Asian Development Bank, the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Japan External Trade Organization, the World Trade Organization, Tsinghua University, and Kunming University of Science and Technology. The conference was held in the Circular Hall on the first floor of the China-Arab Economic and Trade Exchange Center in Dubai Expo City (formerly the China Pavilion).
Guests Unveiling
Other speakers at the event included Xue Jinjun, Director of the Nagoya University-Sino Carbon Investment Carbon Neutrality Innovation Joint Laboratory and Professor at Nagoya University; Tang Renhu, Chairman of Beijing Sinotrust Carbon Investment Technology Co., Ltd.; Robert Koopman, former Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization and Professor at American University; Zhao Zhongxiu, President of the University of International Business and Economics and Founder of the Global Value Chain Research Institute; Wang Ran, Associate Professor at the Global Value Chain Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics; Xu Jin, Director of the Institute of Ecological Energy-saving and Environmental Protection in China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City; Tü Jianjun, President of German BHZ AGORA; Wu Changhua, Director of RIFKIN Office China Affairs, Executive Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum, and Senior Advisor to the Public Environmental Center; Liu Zhu, Professor in the Department of Earth System Science at Tsinghua University; and Dou Xinyu, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth System Science at Tsinghua University.
Zhang Ying, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Interpreting the 'Global Sustainable Development Report 2023'
Pan Jiahua, Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Providing a Summary of the Conference
Pan Jiahua, a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Zhang Ying, the director, participated in the report release and unveiling ceremony. Zhang Ying, Deputy Director of the Climate Change Economics Research Office at the Institute of Ecological Civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, provided a detailed interpretation of the 'Global Sustainable Development Report 2023.' In the end, Pan Jiahua, a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Deputy Director of the National Expert Committee on Climate Change, Director of the Sustainable Development Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Dean of the Institute of Ecological Civilization at Beijing University of Technology, concluded the conference.
Group Photo at the Venue