Towards Net Zero - Emerging Trends & Impacts from the Greening of China

In this episode, Peggy Liu, Chairperson of the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy, shares her insights on green tech developments, as well as her outlook on future trends and potential impacts in achieving environmental sustainability. [About the speaker] Peggy Liu is an internationally recognised expert on China’s energy landscape and a Hillary Laureate. The organisation she chairs, JUCCCE, has been credited for China’s leap into clean energy and is well known for its effectiveness in implementing system changing programs and fostering collaboration with China. Peggy is one of the most impactful environmentalists globally. She catalysed China’s leaps into clean energy, smart grid, ecocities, efficient lighting, green bonds, and sustainable diets. Her efforts have helped a billion and a half people leapfrog towards personal and planetary health. For this, Peggy was awarded the Hillary Step, the "Nobel" for climate change solutionists; “Hero of the Environment” by Time magazine, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader; CEO Magazine named her a “Top 20 Sustainability Thought Leader 2023”; The Economist called "one of the most innovative thinkers in Asia"; and press dubbed her the "Green Goddess of China".