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Global Carbon Neutrality Report 2025

On September 29, 2025, leading experts and policymakers from around the world convened at Tsinghua University to confront a critical issue highlighted by the recently published 2025 Global Carbon Neutrality Annual Progress Report. This event marked the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and aimed to address the growing disparity between committed climate actions and actual achievements.

The forum, themed Global Progress and China's Practice, began with a dialogue featuring Liu Yang, the Deputy General Director of the Climate Change Department within China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment. She outlined China's recent advances in reaching its dual carbon goals and discussed the newly announced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Following her remarks, former UNFCCC Secretary Patricia Espinosa Cantellano urged for urgent international cooperation and action to bridge the growing implementation gap.

At the heart of the event was the revealing of the third annual progress report, led by Professor Wang Can from Tsinghua University. This study offers one of the most comprehensive assessments of global climate action, encompassing the evaluation of 198 countries and regions based on 217 indicators across technology, finance, and policy areas. It emphasizes the importance of fairness in assessing global transformation, establishing a foundation for continuous, long-term evaluation of climate policies worldwide.

Importantly, this year's report was overseen by an international advisory committee led by He Kebin from Tsinghua University and Erik Solheim, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This structure illustrates a vital blend of Chinese leadership and global perspectives, underscoring the collaborative nature required to tackle climate change.

The report diagnoses a “significant structural imbalance” in the quest for sustainability, indicating that while ambition and innovation are propelling forward, critical bottlenecks in climate financing and international collaboration are hindering tangible results. Consequently, a critical