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Recent Event

Recent Event

2/9/2026
Book Talk: Implementing a Low-Carbon Future
Hosted by the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment, Princeton University 
February  9, 2026 | 12:15–1:15 PM (ET)​
300 Wallace Hall, and Virtual 
Past Events

Past Events

Book Talk,  Implementing a Low-Carbon Future, hosted by Brown University's Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Climate Solutions Lab, January 30, 2026, Providence, RI.
Book Talk: Implementing a Low-Carbon Future, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of Contemporary China, January 28, 2026, Philadelphia, PA.
Book Talk: ​Implementing a Low-Carbon Future, the MIT / Harvard / UBC Urban China Zoom Series, sponsored by MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia (UBC), Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, November 25, 2025.
Book Talk: Implementing a Low-Carbon Future, Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior, University of California, Davis. November 7, 2025, Davis, CA.
Invited Talk: Implementing a Low-Carbon Future, Climate Policy & Research in Sustainability, Bay Area Environmentally Aware Consulting Network (BEACN). November 5, 2025, University of California, Berkeley. 
Book Talk: Implementing a Low-Carbon Future, School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. October 20, 2025, Shanghai.
Moderator, City Climate Action Panel, Climate Philanthropy & Business International Dialogue: 1O Years of Partnership, Pioneering Climate Solutions. Moderator, Panel City Climate Actions. Finance 40 Forum, October 19, 2025, Shanghai.

" Low-Carbon Future: How Cities Matter in China," the 21st Century China Center, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, October 16, 2025.
“Rethinking Urban Infrastructure for a Low-Carbon Future,”  the Summer Institute: Infrastructure and Society, Office of Resources for International and Area Studies, UC Berkeley, June 2025.
“Climate Leadership in Chinese Cities,” Harvard Climate Action Week, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 2024.
“Energy Policy Seminar: Weila Gong and Joanna Lewis on China's Coal Transition," Harvard Kennedy School, April 2024.




​“Just Transitions for Coal Communities: Lessons from China and the US,” Middlebury College, April 2024.





China Town Hall, National Committee on U.S.–China Relations, hosted by Bryant University, April 2024.​






Brown China Summit, Panelist, “Ecological Civilization: At the Intersection of Policy, Business, and Philosophy,” Brown University, March 2024.
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“Can Chinese Cities Achieve Carbon Neutrality,” Duke Kunshan Seminar Series, April 2023.


​​European Conference at Harvard, Panelist, “The Rise of Europe in the U.S.–China Rivalry,” March 2023.
Blogs

Blogs

Gong, Weila. 2024. “The Search for a Just Transition in China’s Shift Away from Coal.” New Security Beat Blog, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, August 1
Gong, Weila, and Poorva Kaushik. 2023. “Coal Communities in Transition: Reflections on a Delicate Balancing Act.” Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, April 18.

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