China Carbon Forum (CCF) was established in 2007 by professionals in China’s climate change sector as a non-for-profit organization to exchange information, best practices and engage with China’s climate change stakeholders, since then, CCF has held over 40 events and discussions on specific climate change topics; facilitated countless linking opportunities between China’s climate change stakeholders; and attracted high-level stakeholders such as China’s chief climate negotiator (Su Wei), the European Commissioner for Climate Action (Connie Hedegaard) and President of World Resources Institute (Manish Bapna). CCF now has a network of more than 1,400 experts and professionals spanning all areas of China’s climate change community.
In 2014 CCF’s activities feature a series of high-level events, called the Low Carbon Leadership Network, delivered in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). CCF plans to continue improving the quality and breadth of its services to China’s climate change community, and to existing partners.
CCF operates under the direction of an executive board and board of advisors made up of Chinese and foreign professionals from various stakeholder groups in China’s climate change sector. The board and advisory members serve in a voluntary capacity without remuneration. As a non-profit organization, CCF relies on funding from partner organizations and the volunteer service of CCF board members and others, to carry out its activities.