China’s power sector is both the world’s largest emitter and the largest source of clean-energy growth, making it essential to global climate efforts.

To accelerate momentum, the UN Secretary-General will host a Special High-Level Event on Climate Action on 24 September 2025, as a platform for leaders to present their new Nationally Determined Contr...

The Power Transformation Lab at the University of California, San Diego studies the engineering and institutional requirements of deploying low-carbon energy at scale

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As countries are releasing their 2035 nationally determined contributions (NDCs), we examine the renewable deployment requirements for China to meet i…

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Effective climate policy requires coordination among political jurisdictions. We find that aggregate costs of coordinated power systems are just a few percent lower than the current levels, but state-...

These takeaways represent significant points made during the discussion at the ”Workshop on Low-Carbon Transitions in Chinese SOEs” held at UC San Diego on April 12-13, 2024. They are not consensus ob...

To limit the damage from an escalating trade dispute, the United States and China should negotiate a clean tech détente to balance support for domestic industries given the reality of the countries’ e...

Podcast Episode · FT News Briefing · 12/01/2024 · 33m

New requirements will apply to batteries but could be expanded to other green sectors

Postdoctoral Scholar – Renewable Energy Trade between India and China The 21st Century India Center at UC San Diego invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to conduct research on the renewable...

China's coal employment has gone through two previous contractions, indicating the opportunity and challenges for the coming decarbonization transition.