Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

The U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change was a team of experts that met for structured dialogues around key academic and policy issues relating to clean energy technology cooperation, climate finance, and climate policy implementation.

From 2016 and 2017, Joanna Lewis of Georgetown University and Zhang Xiliang of Tsinghua University convened the U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change. The group met three times in Washington, DC, and Beijing to advance a shared research agenda and inform relevant stakeholders for better policy and practical cooperation in bilateral and multilateral contexts. Topics were organized under three broad themes: the global agenda for climate finance, clean energy technology cooperation, and market-based climate policy implementation. Group participants jointly produced an initial background report, authored research papers, and presented their research results to experts, policymakers, and the broader public.