China energy transition and climate status in numbers

About this event

Accounting for around one third of global carbon emissions, China plays a significant role in shaping the trajectory of global climate action. In 2024, China was responsible for more than half of the world’s increase in wind and solar capacity, demonstrating its central role in advancing the global commitment to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030. 

This event marked the launch of a new slide deck, providing a detailed and data-driven analysis of China’s 2024/2025 energy and climate developments. The deck delivers key insights on emission trends and intensity, shifts in energy consumption and supply structure, sector-specific transformations, emerging trade-offs and policy signals and much more. By unpacking the numbers behind China’s energy transition and climate change, this analysis helps build a clearer picture of the country’s progress, the challenges ahead and the opportunities for impactful action – both at home and on the global stage.

Co-hosted by Agora Energy China and Agora Energiewende, this event brought together leading experts to walk through the key findings, explore their implications and discuss how data, transparency and collaboration can accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

PROGRAMME (15:00-16:30)

China Energy Transition and Climate Change Status Report 2024/2025

• Overview: Prof. Kevin Tu, Managing Director, Agora Energy China
• Carbon Emissions: Ms YANG Zhou, Associate Programme Lead China Regional Transition, Agora Energy China
• Power Sector: Dr. YIN Ming, Programme Lead China Power, Agora Energy China
• Industry Decarbonisation: Ms Isadora Wang, Associate Programme Lead China Industry, Agora Energy China

Commentaries

• Ms Kim Malin Lakeit, Director International Cooperation, dena
• Dr. MIAO Ren, Founder, Beijing Data Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. | CEO, Chinese Institute for New Energy System Co., Ltd.
• Ms Camille Paillard, Energy Analyst, Renewable Integration and Secure Electricity Unit, International Energy Agency
• Dr. YU Hongyuan, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Institute for Public Policy and Innovation Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Presentation
The slides shown during the event can be found in the download section below.

Language
The event took place in English.