Energy Foundation
For The China Sustainable Cities Initiative
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Amount$6,000,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2012
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
A project of the Energy Foundation, the China Sustainable Cities Initiative has as its goal to reduce carbon emissions and air pollution in new and existing Chinese cities by improving urban planning and urban transportation. It conducts pilot projects to spark the design and adoption of effective national policy while building technical capacity to implement its policies locally. Renewed funding for the sixth year of this Initiative should produce these results:
In urban planning: The pilot project areas of Chenggong in Kunming and Yuelai in Chongqing begin construction of development projects that follow low-carbon eco-city planning principles. Also, the Ministry of Housing and Urban and Rural Development adopts a national guideline for nonmotorized transportation systems planning and design.In urban transportation: The Ministry of Transportation adopts its 12th Five-Year Plan for public transit and identifies national pilot cities under its Transit Metropolis program. All pilot cities will be required to finish development of local regulations and action plans to promote public transit.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.efchina.org
Address
50 California Street, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Energy Foundation seeks to achieve prosperity and a safe climate through sustainable energy. This grant supports the Energy Foundation’s work, including activities to promote greenhouse gas emissions neutrality, world-class air quality standards, energy access, and green growth in China. (Substrategies: China National Policy and Philanthropic Capacity)
for green finance work to support subnational energy and economic transition in China
Energy Foundation works to achieve prosperity and a safe climate through sustainable energy. This grant will support the foundation to continue its efforts on sustainable investment to facilitate the zero-carbon transition of the real economy in China. This grant will strengthen the integration of green finance into key programmatic areas, help build and leverage a net-zero-aligned finance system with more resources flowing into the real decarbonizing economy, and develop a net-zero-aligned trade and supply chain strategy for the foundation and its partners. (Substrategies: China National Policy and Finance)
for the Strategic Communications Program
The Energy Foundation aims to achieve prosperity and a safe climate through sustainable energy. As China embarks on a new economic model that will ultimately shape the trajectory of its national emissions, the foundation’s communications program will seek to build conversations to inspire, inform, and elevate constructive and socially responsible energy transition solutions. (Substrategies: China National Policy and Communications)
