Name: The China Climate Conundrum
Start: 2025-04-16T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-16T20:00:00-04:00
Location: China Institute in America

How to collaborate on global climate issues during the current administration
About this Event

As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, the need for international cooperation and innovative solutions has never been more urgent. However, with the U.S.’ withdrawal from key environmental initiatives, China has been pushed to the forefront of global climate leadership.

CINGS and YCW invite you to speak with our experts to understand how China is now engaging with the EU, the Global South, and potentially even local American interests in the climate space, as well as how all players can reposition themselves amidst the challenges and opportunities in international climate governance.

Agenda

Keynote by Professor Cary Krosinsky
Panel: U.S., China, and the Global Climate Stage
LI SHUO, CARY KROSINSKY, Moderated by ELAINE CHOW
Conversation: Next Gen Perspective — Adaptation & Resilience Opportunities
TAYLAH BLAND and KEVIN ZONGZHE LI
Networking

Speakers

Professor Cary Krosinsky is a widely respected educator, leading author, and advisor on sustainable finance, who has lectured at Yale, NYU, and Harvard. He is Co-Founder and Director of the Sustainable Finance Institute and Co-Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative. His most recent book on modern China discusses the need for better relations to solve societal challenges.

Li Shuo is Director of the China Climate Hub at the Asia Society Policy Institute, as well as a Senior Fellow with ASPI’s Center for China Analysis. His work focuses on analyzing China’s environmental and energy policies and supporting the international community’s engagement with China’s climate agenda.

Taylah Bland is a Senior Program Officer, China Climate Hub and Fellow, Climate, Energy and the Environment, Centre for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute. Her work focuses on international environmental law, climate diplomacy, adaptation and resilience, and China’s domestic climate policies. Taylah has been quoted in international media outlets, produced her own original research, and authored numerous op-eds. She was an inaugural “Women in the Alliance” network member at the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre and was just named on the Young Australians in International Affairs list of "Young Women to Watch in International Affairs for 2025”.

Elaine Chow is the head of YCW New York, most recently served as CMO of The China Project, and is now a freelance marketing and business consultant. Prior to returning to the United States, she worked in digital marketing for multinationals in Shanghai and Beijing, and as Brand Director for the China youth oriented platform Radii.co. She started her career in journalism, serving as a legal newswire reporter, the Asia Editor for tech website Gizmodo, and the Managing Editor of China news website Shanghaiist.com.

Kevin Zongzhe Li is Senior Analyst at Resonance Global, where he consults on strategy, partnerships, and innovations to help corporate and foundation clients drive sustainable impact and resilience. He is also affiliated researcher at Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis, where he researches the geopolitics of energy transition and China-Indonesia relations. Since 2021, Kevin has been a co-founder of the US-China Climate Forum, where he advocates for bilateral cooperation on climate issues between the two countries.

CINGS (China Institute Next Gen x Serica)

The China Institute Next Gen x Serica (CINGS) convenes next generation leaders with a passion for tangible social and environmental impact through connecting and inspiring like-minded leaders to create actionable change.

Young China Watchers

Young China Watchers (YCW) is a dynamic group of China-focused young professionals. Through regular roundtables and talks with senior figures in the China academic, policy and business communities, it provides a chance for engaged individuals to interact and discuss the most pressing issues emerging from China today. Through our growing global network, we seek to foster the next generation of China thought-leaders.