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Accelerating a just and equitable energy transition in China
As the world's top carbon emitter, the world's largest investor in renewable energy, and the largest market for EVs, China is facing the most critical opportunity to deeply decarbonize its economy.
of the world's steel and cement is produced in China
China's share of global carbon emissions, the world's largest
of solar, wind, and other renewable energy were installed in China, between 2020 and 2025
RMI China supports a clean and low-carbon transition of the power system in China, which includes supporting the construction of clean energy systems, promoting the implementation of a renewables-friendly power market mechanism, and empowering provinces and regions to develop tailored roadmaps for decarbonization.
RMI China advances the transition of China’s key industrial sectors — steel, cement, chemicals, and aluminum — through supply, demand, and ecosystem levers: scaling renewables, green hydrogen, and circularity on the supply side; enabling green premiums, low-carbon standards, demand aggregation, and innovative mechanisms on the demand side; and fostering collaborative commitment, focused forums, and in-depth engagement across the ecosystem. Our approach is market-driven and value-chain integrated — building a sustainable, prosperous industrial system.
RMI China drives road, shipping, and aviation clean energy transition by enhancing the cost-effectiveness of next-generation green energy and fuels (e.g., green hydrogen, green methanol, green ammonia, sustainable aviation fuels) and establishing market enablers. The team also identifies and incubates promising clean low-carbon technologies through in-depth analysis, while optimizing green and transition finance tools and utilization practices to enlarge investment resources for supporting the transition.
RMI China supports the transition of China’s buildings and critical infrastructure — including industrial parks, data centers, batteries, and electric vehicles — toward clean, net-zero-ready development. The team’s work takes a full life-cycle approach, addressing both operations and materials, and integrates green energy and low-carbon materials through standards, data, procurement, and market-based solutions.
Fostering new models of rural and agricultural development that are powered by clean energy transition, climate-smart argi-food system transformation, carbon removal capacity enhancement, and youth climate leadership cultivation, all through market-based innovations that put equity at front and center.
RMI China supports target-setting and strategic guidance for methane and other non-CO₂ greenhouse gas mitigation; facilitates enabling policies and implementation pathways across the energy, agriculture, and waste sectors; and advances innovation and market-based mechanisms to scale solutions and accelerate the clean energy transition.
How crop straw can grow rural renewable energy industries, strengthen emission reductions, and scale carbon sequestration.
In the past decade, the price of renewables has decreased dramatically by 70%–90%, and China has been one of the major driving forces behind such a critical success of energy transition. We are happy to see that our work in China has helped demonstrate the feasibility of a low-carbon pathway, and we aim to support China in a continuous deeper transition with advanced market-driven approaches.
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