[VIP Webinar Series] Sustainability Matters: Will EU and China Continue to Collaborate on Environmental Issues?

2020-05-26 | All chapters

Inspiring commitments were made by the EU and China in the Joint Statement released during the 2019 EU-China Summit, to implement the Paris Agreement and Montreal Protocol, work on resolving a clean energy transition and take greater global leadership in environmental issues, among others. These pledges are particularly important given that the US continues to take enormous steps backwards in this regard. In late 2019, the European Commission presented its ambitious Green Deal, demonstrating strong determination to tackle the environmental challenges that Europe will face in the coming decades. China also continues to make significant progress in this regard, and is expected to make sustainability and green growth a priority in its 14th Five-year Plan. In this discussion, the speakers discussed the areas of common interest and potential cooperation between the EU and China, given the aforementioned commitments and the challenges ahead.