In 2021, President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Development Initiative (GDI) at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. In response, Tsinghua University developed and launched the graduate course, namely China's Perspective on Global Development Initiative for 2022 Autumn semester, presenting the latest development of China's society, economy, culture, and science and technology. This course will introduce the frontiers in research and relevant practices in China, focusing on digital economy, poverty reduction, COVID medication and vaccine, development financing, climate change and green development, interconnection, and other fields.
Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality
The lecture starts by exploring the severity of weather patterns and reveals the urgent risks and threats associated with climate change. Then, the following sections are introduced respectively: 1) the concepts of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and their relations with climate; 2) the international consensus on tackling with climate change and the policy actions of typical economies; 3) Strategy, pathways and policy measures for China to realize a green and low carbon transformation of the society.
Instructor: Prof. LI Zheng
President, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University
Prof. Li Zheng is President of the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development and, Tsinghua University. He is also the Secretary General of Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC). His research includes energy system analysis, low carbon transition strategies and policies, as well as energy and power technologies.
China's Perspective on Global Development Initiative (Course ID. 61030132) is a public elective course for graduate students. It is also a part of the special curriculum for international students: “China introduction” course group, which requires no additional registration.
Graduate students of Tsinghua University can take the course offered in the fall semester in person and on the online platform of XuetangX. You will gain 2 credits after attending at least 16 lectures (you must attend at least 8 offline lectures and attend the others on XuetangX), and completing a satisfactory course report.
Time: 19:20-20:55, every Tuesday, Weeks 5-12
Venue: Room 5105, No.5 Teaching Building
Language of instruction: English
How to take the course
Please wear a mask at all times. As classroom seating is limited, only a limited number of students can enter the classroom.
Students who are unable to attend the lectures (for example, due to COVID-19 restrictions) can use ZOOM. Be sure to use your real name and your student ID on ZOOM.
LINK：http://yjsy.cic.tsinghua.edu.cn/boarddetail_cat.jsp?columnId=0010106&itemSeq=55544
You can also attend the MOOC lectures online on XuetangX (You are not allowed to attend the lecture on ZOOM and XuetangX).
https://next.xuetangx.com/course/THU00001007670/12393016
Assessment
Students who wish to obtain credits, please submit the electronic version of the course report to gdi2022@163.com in the 17th week of the semester (before December 28).
The report should cover at least the content of the 16 lectures that you have attended. You must write at least 3000 words in English. You need to write about each lecture in one paragraph. The report cannot be simple course notes - you need to fully state what you have learned as well as your experiences and suggestions for each lecture. When writing, please respect the cultures and policies of different countries and regions. No plagiarism is allowed.
Please submit the report as a word document, with the file name as Name-University-XuetangX ID
(See the screenshot below to retrieve your XuetangX ID)
Contact us：gdi2022@163.com
