GranthamLSEResearch Instituteon Climate ChangeENERGY FOUNDATIONand the Environment能源基金会Internationalism inclimate action andChina's roleDanae Kyriakopoulou,Lucie Qian Xia and Chunping XiePolicy insightJanuary 2022The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established in2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science.The Institute brings togetherinternational expertise on economics,as well as finance,geography,the environment,international development and political economy to establish a world-leading centre for policy-relevant research,teaching and training in climate change and the environment.It is funded bythe Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment,which also funds the GranthamInstitute for Climate Change at Imperial College London.www.Ise.ac.uk/grantham/Energy Foundation China is a professional grant-making charitable organisation registered inCalifornia,United States.It started working in China in 1999 and is dedicated to China'ssustainable energy development.The foundation's China representative office is registered withthe Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and supervised by the National Development andReform Commission of China.Its vision is to achieve prosperity and a safe climate throughsustainable energy.www.efchina.org/Front-Page-enAbout the authorsDanae Kyriakopoulou is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on ClimateChange and the Environment.Lucie Qian Xia is a China Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute.Chunping Xie is a Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute.AcknowledgementsThe authors thank Phyllis Papadavid and Bob Ward for their helpful review comments on thispaper.The authors declare financial support from the Energy Foundation China,the GranthamFoundation for the Protection of the Environment and the London School of Economics andPolitical Science for the submitted work.Georgina Kyriacou copy-edited the report.This paper was first published in January 2022 by the Grantham Research Institute on ClimateChange and the Environment.©The authors,.2022Permissions requests should be directed to the Grantham Research Institute.Suggested citation:Kyriakopoulou D,Xia LQ,Xie C(2022)Internationalism in climate action andChina's role.London:Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment,London School of Economics and Political Science.This policy paper is intended to inform decision-makers in the public,private and third sectors.It has been reviewedby at least two internal and external referees before publication.The views expressed in this paper represent thoseof the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the host institutions or funders.