Shanghai dialogue on pressing energy and climate issues 2025

What this event is about

As the global landscape of the energy transition and climate governance continues to evolve, 2025 is a crucial year for aligning innovation, policy and international cooperation. Rapid advances in digitalisation and artificial intelligence are reshaping how the world approaches energy systems, climate policy and industrial transformation. In this changing context, the 2025 Shanghai Dialogue will convene experts and stakeholders from China, Europe, North America and Southeast Asia to explore how technological progress, inclusive policymaking and cross-border collaboration can drive a more resilient and equitable global energy future.

This year’s event will highlight how global energy and climate governance can adapt to a new era defined by complex interdependencies and accelerating change. Discussions will examine the implications of artificial intelligence for the global energy transition, the transformation of power systems to accommodate high shares of renewable energy and the evolving role of distributed renewable energy in shaping local and national pathways. Participants will also consider how to manage the social and economic dimensions of coal region transitions. Equally prominent in the discussions will be how to accelerate industrial decarbonisation across key sectors such as chemicals and streel, including via strategic partnerships on green iron trade. These conversations will offer forward-looking insights into how innovation and cooperation can reinforce one another in pursuit of global climate action.

The 2025 Shanghai Dialogue will be held as a side event of the CIIE 2025 International Carbon Neutrality and Green Investment Conference. It is co-organised by Agora Energy China, Agora Energiewende, Tongji University, the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) and the Energy Investment Professional Committee of the Investment Association of China (IAC), with Chinese-English simultaneous interpretation and recordings available after the event.

Programme
The programme of the event will be published shortly in the download area below.

Livestream Session 2 from 8:30 to 11:10 CET
The in-person event will take place on 6 and 7 November in Shanghai.
A livestream of Session 2: "Accelerating coal region transition from national to local levels – the sixth multilateral dialogue on just energy transition" will be available at 8:30-11:10 CET on Zoom. Sign up to watch it here.

We look forward to your participation and interesting discussions.