Joanna Lewis
@joannalewis.bsky.social
Professor @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social working on clean energy, climate change and China.
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I'm hiring! Come work with me as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University on #energy #climate #China. Start date of fall 2026. See more details and apply here by January 12, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178086
I'm hiring! Come work with me as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University on #energy #climate #China. Start date of fall 2026. See more details and apply here by January 12, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178086
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm hiring! Come work with me as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University on #energy #climate #China. Start date of fall 2026. See more details and apply here by January 12, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/178086
I spoke on The World today about China’s new climate targets. theworld.org/segments/202...
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...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I spoke on The World today about China’s new climate targets. theworld.org/segments/202...
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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
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September 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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
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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).
-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).
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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).
-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).
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
-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
September 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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
-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
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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...
What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?
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September 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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...
“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.”
What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“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.”
Excited to be selected as a Lead Author for the #IPCC 7th Assessment Report Working Group III.
The #IPCC has announced the authors selected for its Seventh Assessment Report.
664 experts from 111 countries have been invited to participate as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, & Review Editors.
🌍 51% from developing countries
🚺 46% women
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664 experts from 111 countries have been invited to participate as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, & Review Editors.
🌍 51% from developing countries
🚺 46% women
🔗 bit.ly/AR7AuthorsPR
August 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Excited to be selected as a Lead Author for the #IPCC 7th Assessment Report Working Group III.
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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/
August 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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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...
Was great to talk about how it’s been a fabulous failure: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
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.
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April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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...
Was great to talk about how it’s been a fabulous failure: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
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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... 🔌💡 🔌🚗
April 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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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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...
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...
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.
heatmap.news
April 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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...
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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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...
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…
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February 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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...
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...
Call for Applications 2025 – THE PENN PROJECT ON THE FUTURE OF US-CHINA RELATIONS
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February 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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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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:
January 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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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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.
January 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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.
🔊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
🗓️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
What’s Next for US-China Climate Relations
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January 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔊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
🗓️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
Good news for my first Bluesky post! www.state.gov/amendment-an....
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...
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December 13, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Good news for my first Bluesky post! www.state.gov/amendment-an....
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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.
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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.
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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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.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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...
Read more: www.cnbc.com/2024/11/14/t...