China’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060

Achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 will require radical changes. Formidable challenges lie ahead, but also investment opportunities with renewables, electric vehicles and energy storage set to benefit. [vc_quotes layout=”accordion” quotes=”%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22Jie%20Lu%22%2C%22job_role%22%3A%22Head%20of%20investments%2C%20China%2C%20Robeco%20(China)%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Jie%20Lu%20is%20Head%20of%20Investments%20China%20in%20the%20Asia%20Pacific%20team.%20Before%20joining%20Robeco%20in%202015%2C%20he%20worked%20at%20Norges%20Bank%20Investment%20Management%20as%20a%20Portfolio%20Manager%20in%20Shanghai%20from%202011%20to%202015%2C%20and%20as%20an%20Analyst%20in%20Hong%20Kong%20from%202009%20to%202011.%20Prior%20to%20that%2C%20he%20worked%20at%20the%20M%26A%20department%20of%20Morgan%20Stanley%20Asia.%20Jie%20started%20his%20career%20at%20Motorola%20in%202000%20and%20is%20a%20native%20Mandarin%20Chinese%20speaker.%20He%20holds%20an%20MBA%20with%20Distinction%20in%20Finance%20and%20Marketing%20from%20Northwestern%20University%20in%20the%20US.%20He%20also%20holds%20a%20Master%E2%80%99s%20in%20Electrical%20Engineering%20and%20Computer%20Science%20from%20the%20University%20of%20Illinois%20and%20a%20Bachelor%E2%80%99s%20in%20Biochemistry%20from%20Fudan%20University%20in%20China.%22%2C%22image%22%3A%2245831%22%2C%22linkedin%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fjie-lu-311a37%2F%22%7D%5D” title=”Speaker” el_class=””][vc_quotes layout=”accordion” quotes=”%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22Stephen%20Kotkin%22%2C%22job_role%22%3A%22Professor%20in%20History%20and%20International%20Affairs%2C%20Princeton%20University%20(United%20States)%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Professor%20Kotkin%20received%20his%20PhD%20from%20the%20University%20of%20California%2C%20Berkeley%20in%201988%2C%20and%20has%20been%20a%20professor%20at%20Princeton%20since%201989.%20He%20is%20also%20a%20senior%20fellow%20at%20the%20Hoover%20Institution%20at%20Stanford%20University.%5CnAt%20Princeton%20Professor%20Kotkin%20teaches%20courses%20in%20geopolitics%2C%20modern%20authoritarianism%2C%20global%20history%2C%20and%20Soviet%20Eurasia%2C%20and%20has%20won%20all%20of%20the%20university%E2%80%99s%20teaching%20awards.%20He%20has%20served%20as%20the%20vice%20dean%20of%20Princeton%E2%80%99s%20Woodrow%20Wilson%20School%20of%20Public%20and%20International%20Affairs%2C%20and%20chaired%20the%20editorial%20committee%20of%20Princeton%20University%20Press.%20Outside%20Princeton%2C%20he%20writes%20essays%20and%20reviews%20for%20Foreign%20Affairs%2C%20the%20Wall%20Street%20Journal%2C%20and%20the%20Times%20Literary%20Supplement%2C%20among%20other%20publications%2C%20and%20was%20the%20regular%20book%20reviewer%20for%20the%20New%20York%20Times%20Sunday%20Business%20section%20for%20many%20years.%20He%20serves%20as%20an%20invited%20consultant%20to%20defence%20ministries%20and%20intelligence%20agencies%20in%20multiple%20countries.%20His%20latest%20book%20is%20Stalin%3A%20Waiting%20for%20Hitler%2C%201929-1941%20(Penguin%2C%202017).%20His%20previous%20book%20was%20a%20finalist%20for%20the%20Pulitzer%20Prize.%22%2C%22image%22%3A%2245822%22%2C%22linkedin%22%3A%22%22%7D%5D” title=”Moderator” el_class=””][vc_quotes layout=”accordion” quotes=”%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22Jen%20Bishop%22%2C%22job_role%22%3A%22Head%20asset%20allocation%2C%20Coal%20Pension%20Trustees%20(United%20Kingdom)%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22%22%2C%22image%22%3A%2246372%22%2C%22linkedin%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fjennifer-bishop-cfa-502b1714%2F%22%7D%5D” title=”Investor Response” el_class=””][vc_empty_space height=”10px”]

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