On 22 August 2023, Shanghai Climate Week, jointly initiated by the Shanghai Services Federation and its Low Carbon Economy Committee, the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange and the Fudan University Center for Spatial Planning Research together with Xinhua News Agency's Shanghai Bureau, was officially launched. As one of the early planners of Shanghai Climate Week, WeCarbon was invited to the Shanghai Climate Week launch and the global partners' symposium.
Figure 1: The Shanghai Climate Week launch and global partners' symposium
The launch was moderated by Peng Feng, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Climate Week Executive Committee, Business Director of the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange and Secretary-General of the Carbon Neutrality Action Alliance. Speeches were given by Wu Qizhou, Member of the Party Leadership Group, Deputy Director-General and First-Level Inspector of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment; Jiang Wei, Party Secretary of Xinhua News Agency's Shanghai Bureau; Sun Jianping, Executive Vice President of the Shanghai Services Federation and former Party Secretary of Jing'an District, Shanghai; and Yin Dongmei, Deputy Party Secretary of Fudan University.
Figure 2: Wu Qizhou, Member of the Party Leadership Group, Deputy Director-General and First-Level Inspector of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment
Zou Rong, Co-Chair of the Shanghai Climate Week Executive Committee and Vice President of the Shanghai Services Federation and Director of its Low Carbon Economy Committee, introduced Shanghai Climate Week and its working framework. Jin Lili, Director of the Shanghai Center of the Xinhua News and Information Center, launched the Shanghai Climate Week joint initiative on behalf of all participants; Wang Xinjun, Director of the Fudan University Center for Spatial Planning Research, announced the volunteer recruitment plan; and Lai Xiaoming, Chairman of the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange, closed the meeting.
Figure 3: Zou Rong, Co-Chair of the Shanghai Climate Week Executive Committee and Vice President of the Shanghai Services Federation and Director of its Low Carbon Economy Committee
The launch was followed by the Shanghai Climate Week global partners' symposium, which brought together state-owned enterprises, Fortune Global 500 companies, well-known private companies, unicorns, startups and social organisations from many sectors, including CICC, Microsoft (China), Tencent, AB InBev Investment, Bank of China, Siemens Energy and Cushman & Wakefield. WeCarbon also took part in the symposium as one of the organisational representatives.
Figure 4: WeCarbon's founders with other members of the original planning group
As one of the early planners of Shanghai Climate Week, a signatory service provider of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and a partner of Chinese ministries, WeCarbon has long followed global climate change and worked in depth in ESG and sustainable development. It uses advanced technology to enable low-carbon pathways and provides sustainability and ESG transition solutions driven by sustainable business value, helping financial institutions, governments and companies respond to climate change together.
Responding to climate change is now a global consensus, and climate weeks are becoming platforms for all parts of society to focus on climate change and showcase climate action. Going forward, WeCarbon will continue to work with all parties to develop Shanghai Climate Week into a globally influential non-governmental platform for international cooperation and exchange on climate change, and into a climate week brand on a par with those of New York, London and Paris. It will also use this global platform to help develop standards aligned with international benchmarks and to share China's "climate voice".
About Shanghai Climate Week
Guided by the motto "China's Action, Asia's Voice, World Standards", Shanghai Climate Week aims to promote multi-level participation across society in China's sustainability commitments, tell the world China's story of climate action, convey Asia's voice on the green transition, strengthen international exchange and cooperation on climate change, and take part in shaping and leading international rules. Its goal is to become a global brand for green and sustainable development rooted in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta.