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Rachel Chi Kiu Mok is an Analyst at the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice. She leads the Networked Carbon Markets initiative, which is a forward-looking platform that seeks to close the climate ambition gap by catalyzing new tools and concepts that can address issues emerging in climate markets. As part of this work, she is involved in developing proof-of-concepts for blockchain-enabled climate markets and independent rating processes to assess and compare the quality of carbon assets. These new concepts are piloted and deployed in other complementary WBG initiatives, such as the Climate Warehouse initiative. Before joining the World Bank, she worked as a Research Analyst at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment to support policy analysis on carbon pricing. Rachel has a MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BSc in Geography with Economics from the London School of Economics.

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Dr. Liu is a senior executive with nearly 20 years of experience in the field of energy with leading companies in the Oil & Gas and Power & Utilities sectors. He started his career as a power plant engineer as well as commissioning & operations manager, later becoming an energy technologist, and ultimately advancing to managerial positions.

He has spent his career at the intersection of academia, think tank, government, and industry in China, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, giving him a unique blend of academic credibility, deep industry knowledge, and extensive international experience.

He is a frequent speaker and panelist on global forums on topics related to energy and climate change as well as technology innovation. His expertise centers on a broad and deep understanding in global energy markets, geopolitics, climate change, technology innovation, as well as ESG & net zero solutions.

刘博士具有 20 多年能源和气候变化行业跨国从业经验，对气候变化与零碳能源转型、企业ESG与净零解决方案、国际能源市场、技术创新、公共政策、地缘政治等有较为深入了解，曾就职于中国、美国、欧洲和沙特的跨国能源公司、世界知名大学、国际顶级智库，并作为外部咨询顾问为国际组织、国际战略咨询公司，以及中国、美国和沙特的政府部门提供决策支撑。

刘博士是跨国公司碳中和 50 人论坛秘书长、全球生态可持续发展联盟（注册地：法国）总裁、法能中国公司执行副总裁、中央财经大学绿色金融国际研究院特邀研究员，也是外企人力资源服务有限公司下属人力资源协会（HRA）碳中和与可持续发展专委会共同发起人和首席专家、欧盟商会能源工作组副主席(2019)和碳市场工作组主席(2022)。他曾受邀参加法中委员会中法创新奖评委，也是多家国际知名期刊审稿人，曾被中国国际跨国公司促进会授予国际投资战略家奖。

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Based in China since 2011, Huw is an Energy and Climate Specialist at ClientEarth. He currently works on the EU-China Environment Project, which fosters policy integration and collaboration between China and the EU through a series of exchange activities on environmental protection and the green economy, bringing together policymakers and researchers from both sides. He previously worked on the EU-China Emissions Trading Cooperation Platform, the UK Prosperity Fund China Energy and Low Carbon Economy Programme, and with the Chinese NGO Institute for Environment and Development. Huw is the lead author of the annual China Carbon Pricing Survey reports, the most in-depth and extensive summaries of stakeholder views on China's carbon market development.

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Li Min joins IETA from Blue World Carbon Capital, where she developed a strong understanding of China’s developing carbon market. Li Min has extensive business development experience working in the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, as well as valuable experience of working with China’s NDRC on the country’s Agenda 21. More recently, she worked with GTZ on capacity-building in China.

李敏，国际排放贸易协会中国首席代表

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ICF China Managing Director and Vice President – Green Transition China and East Asia and Deputy-Director of ICF Climate Centre. Renato is a climate, energy, and environment expert with nearly 20 years of experience in international climate policy, carbon markets, clean Energy, environmental issues, and sustainability. He has been working and living in Asia for over 15 years. He draws from extensive experience, including leading a delegation of observers to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the Conference of Parties (COP) COP21 and COP22 conferences, as well as coordinating delegations of observers to the COP23 through COP28 conferences. Additionally, Renato has experience in supporting Emissions Trading System (ETS) policy design and implementation for the European Union, China, Korea, and Ukraine.

Renato is the project team leader of EU-China ETS Platform and the Support to EU Arctic Policy project. He is also a member of the supervisory board of the European Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) and in that capacity he was elected to serve in the Executive Committee of EU Chamber for 1 year term (May 2023 – May 2024).

Renato earned a master’s degree in Chinese studies from University of Aveiro with a thesis on the use of renewable energies in northwest China. He also completed courses of the Master’s degree program in “Economics, energy, and environmental policy” before transitioning to a doctorate degree on “Sustainable energy systems” from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Portugal program.

Renato is an enthusiastic about digitalization and decarbonization and is shareholder of several startups in Portugal in the area of digitalization and decarbonization.