Joanna Lewis
@joannalewis.bsky.social
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Professor
@georgetown-sfs.bsky.social
working on clean energy, climate change and China.
I spoke on The World today about China’s new climate targets.
theworld.org/segments/202...
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China releases first-ever national emissions reduction targets, signaling shift in approach to climate policy - The World from PRX
At the UN Climate Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the country’s first national emissions reduction targets. It marks a shift in China’s approach to climate policy, which, until now, all...
https://theworld.org/segments/2025/09/25/china-releases-first-ever-national-emissions-reduction-targets-signaling-shift-in-approach-to-climate-policy
about 2 months ago
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Joanna Lewis
Simon Evans
about 2 months ago
FULL TEXT: Unofficial transcript of remarks delivered by China's president Xi Jinping to the UN climate action summit, including the outlines of China's 2035 climate pledge
docs.google.com/docu...
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Quick thoughts: -The Biden administration and others were pushing for a 30% reduction by 2035 so 7-10% is quite a bit more modest. That said, the 30% ask was unrealistic given current emissions trends in China, as well as political realities (including in the US).
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China NDC for 2035 -Net economy wide GHG emissions by 7-10% from peak levels Increase share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to over 30% -Expand installed capacity of wind and solar power to over 6x the 2020 levels, striving to bring the total to 3600 GW
about 2 months ago
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Climate Summit 2025
To accelerate momentum, the UN Secretary-General will host a Special High-Level Event on Climate Action on 24 September 2025, as a platform for leaders to present their new Nationally Determined Contr...
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12ebey0bu?_gl=1*15hfp4i*_ga*NjA4MTEyMzU4LjE3NTg3Mzc1Mzk.*_ga_TK9BQL5X7Z*czE3NTg3Mzc1MzgkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTg3Mzc4NjgkajE0JGwwJGgw
about 2 months ago
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Joanna Lewis
Alex Wang
about 2 months ago
Joanna Lewis, Sam Geall, Lauri Myllivirta, I and some others quoted in this Brook Larmer piece on China's global green-tech ambitions. This is part of the focus of my forthcoming book "Chinese Global Environmentalism," out later this year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/m...
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What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/magazine/china-green-tech-laos.html
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“There is a huge opportunity for China to play a much greater role in the low-carbon energy transition across the Global South... by helping these countries build their own green industries and to learn from China’s own green industrial policy model.”
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What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/magazine/china-green-tech-laos.html
about 2 months ago
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Excited to be selected as a Lead Author for the
#IPCC
7th Assessment Report Working Group III.
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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reposted by
Joanna Lewis
Mat Paterson
3 months ago
Paul Tobin,
@stacydvandeveer.bsky.social
and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’.
bit.ly/45Gb6RM
. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
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Joanna Lewis
Robinson Meyer
7 months ago
China’s industrial policy has attracted a lot of faddish attention recently. But
@jhelvy.bsky.social
and
@joannalewis.bsky.social
have been studying for a decade-plus, long before it was clear it would work. Was great to talk about how it’s been a fabulous failure:
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
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How China’s Industrial Policy Really Works
Rob and Jesse get into the nitty gritty on China’s energy policy with Joanna Lewis and John Paul Helveston.
https://heatmap.news/podcast/shift-key-s2-e34-china-tariffs
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reposted by
Joanna Lewis
Jesse D. Jenkins
7 months ago
Today on SHIFT KEY:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
& I talk with two experts,
@joannalewis.bsky.social
&
@jhelvy.bsky.social
, about how China's industrial policy really works—and what the US should learn from it. Hint: it's not tariffs!
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
🔌💡 🔌🚗
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reposted by
Joanna Lewis
Robinson Meyer
7 months ago
NEW SHIFT KEY We get deep into the bowels of China’s industrial policy with
@jhelvy.bsky.social
and
@joannalewis.bsky.social
. What tools have worked the best? Has China used tariffs? And — when this crisis passes — what can the US learn about how to nurture new tech?
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
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How China’s Industrial Policy Really Works
Rob and Jesse get into the nitty gritty on China’s energy policy with Joanna Lewis and John Paul Helveston.
https://heatmap.news/podcast/shift-key-s2-e34-china-tariffs
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www.popville.com/2025/04/toda...
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“Today in disguising your Tesla” – BYD - PoPville
Thanks to M. for sending in another disguised Tesla: "If it were a real BYD, it would charge faster, cost less, have higher quality, and have much better features." Ed. Note: Had to google BYD, CNN re...
https://www.popville.com/2025/04/today-in-disguising-your-tesla-byd/
7 months ago
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www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-f...
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Joint statement between the people's Republic of China and the French Republic on climate change on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the paris agreement (27 March 2025)
The People's Republic of China and the French Republic (hereinafter referred to as “the two sides”): Considering the urgency of responding to the (…)
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/china/news/2025/article/joint-statement-between-the-people-s-republic-of-china-and-the-french-republic
7 months ago
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reposted by
Joanna Lewis
Phelim Kine
9 months ago
Today's
@politico.com
China Watcher: Trump's China investment curbs - more bark than bite? China, global climate champion; Thailand bows to Beijing by refouling Uyghurs back to China; Taiwan-U.S. ties according to the KMT. Subscribe!
www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
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Trump’s China investment curbs may fall short
Decoding transatlantic relations with Beijing. By PHELIM KINE Send tips here | Tweet @PhelimKine | Bluesky @phelimkine.bsky.social | Subscribe for free | View in your browser Hi, China Watchers. &n…
https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/china-watcher/trumps-china-investment-curbs-may-fall-short/
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China climate and environment scholars - consider applying to be part of the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations. I highly recommend the experience! Applications due 2/28.
web.sas.upenn.edu/future-of-us...
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Call for Applications 2025 – THE PENN PROJECT ON THE FUTURE OF US-CHINA RELATIONS
https://web.sas.upenn.edu/future-of-us-china-relations/call-for-applications-2025/
9 months ago
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Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say
The Trump administration has halted the participation of U.S. scientists in key U.N. climate change assessments, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, part of its broader withdrawal from climate change mitigation efforts and multilateral cooperation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pulls-us-out-key-global-climate-assessment-sources-say-2025-02-20/
9 months ago
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Joanna Lewis
Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations
10 months ago
We are delighted to publish working papers by the Climate & Environment team of this year's fellowship cohort, available at
global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...
. And please join us for a live webinar featuring these authors tomorrow January 23 from 4-5 pm ET, registration link at the QR code below:
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Joanna Lewis
Georgetown School of Foreign Service
10 months ago
Join SFS Dean Hellman and a panel of SFS faculty at 4 pm, tomorrow, in the ICC Auditorium to unpack Trump’s Day 1 speeches & executive orders on immigration, climate, trade & the State Dept. GU ID required.
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🔊EVENT: What’s Next for US-China Climate Relations 🗓️Date: Jan.23rd, 2025 🕒Time: 10am – 11:15am ET 📍Location: 5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center 🎤Hosted by: China Environment Forum
@newsecuritybeat.bsky.social
Kissinger Institute 📩RSVP:
bit.ly/4fVlJTQ
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What’s Next for US-China Climate Relations
http://bit.ly/4fVlJTQ
10 months ago
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Good news for my first Bluesky post!
www.state.gov/amendment-an...
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Amendment and Extension of the U.S.-PRC Science and Technology Agreement (STA) - United States Department of State
On December 13, 2024, the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) signed a protocol to amend the U.S.-PRC Science and Technology Agreement (STA) and extend it for five years. The STA p...
https://www.state.gov/amendment-and-extension-of-the-u-s-prc-science-and-technology-agreement-sta/#:~:text=On%20December%2013%2C%202024%2C%20the,%2Dto%2Dgovernment%20scientific%20cooperation
11 months ago
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reposted by
Joanna Lewis
Catherine Rampell
12 months ago
This is madness. If other countries want to sell us solar on the cheap so we can expedite adoption of clean energy, let them. Either climate change is a crisis, or it isn't.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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US sets tariffs for solar panels from Southeast Asian nations
U.S. trade officials announced on Friday a new round of tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations after American manufacturers complained that companies there are flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-decide-another-round-solar-panel-tariffs-2024-11-29/
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Joanna Lewis
Georgetown School of Foreign Service
12 months ago
What will the U.S.’s climate policy look like under President-elect Donald Trump? SFS Prof Joanna Lewis discussed U.S.-China renewable energy competition on
@cnbcofficial.bsky.social
. Read more:
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/14/t...
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Trump may cede global climate leadership to China
As Republicans eye a red sweep, the U.S. could announce its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement as soon as early 2025 and complete it by beginning of 2026.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/14/trump-might-cede-climate-leadership-to-china-.html
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