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General
Name of initiative | Eco Partnerships |
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LPAA initiative | No |
NAZCA Initiative | No |
Website address | https://ecopartnerships.lbl.gov |
Related initiatives | |
Starting year | 2008 |
End year | |
Secretariat | The Joint Secretariat of the EcoPartnerships is co-chaired by the United States of America’s Department of State and the People’s Republic of China’s National Development and Reform Commission |
Organisational structure | The core of the EcoPartnerships program is the peer-to-peer collaboration that occurs at the partner level. These partners pursue innovative pilot projects that are recognized and facilitated by a Secretariat in each country. The Secretariats are overseen and funded by the U.S. and Chinese governments. Subject matter experts with a wealth of technical and market expertise manage the day-to-day operations of the Secretariats, their engagement with the current EcoPartnerships, and others that may want to get involved.
The Secretariats rely on Advisory Committees from each country to select new EcoPartnerships among the many applications that are received each year. The U.S. Advisory committee is comprised of officials from the Department of State, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, Department of Transportation, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and Environmental Protection Agency. The Chinese Advisory Committee is comprised of officials from the National Development and Reform Commission and other key ministries. |
Geographical coverage | Asia and the Pacific, North America |
Name of lead organisation | |
Type of lead organisation | Network/Consortium/Partnership |
Location/Nationality of lead organisation | United States of America |
Description
Description | EcoPartnerships are cooperative relationships between Chinese and U.S. entities who jointly demonstrate and share best practices that promote economic growth, energy security and environmental sustainability. Sub-national entities are often the best laboratories for testing new and innovative approaches, so EcoPartnerships are comprised of at least one U.S. and one Chinese participant from any of the following:
Private enterprise (companies, industry organizations); Academia; Non-governmental organizations; and/or States, counties, cities |
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Objectives | The mission of the EcoPartnerships initiative is to elevate successful sub-national cooperation models to international prominence, and by doing so, to spur broad replication by their peers in the U.S. and China. Concrete targets specific to the topic and companies are set within each EcoPartnership. Therefore no overview can be given here. Below the general objectives of each topic area are given.
For clean transportation the objective is: U.S.-China collaboration on developing non-petroleum alternative fuels, promoting conservation and emission reductions in civil aviation, improving traffic management, policies, and infrastructure, as well as furthering sustainable transportation development. For Clean, Efficient, and Secure Electricity the objective is U.S.-China collaboration on electricity generation and transmission with an emphasis upon diversification. Additional collaboration may include renewable and alternative sources of clean energy, cleaner fossil fuel, power grid and the electricity market, and nuclear power. For Energy Efficiency the objective is U.S.-China collaboration in the fields of energy auditing, public financing mechanisms, and energy efficiency in building technologies. |
Activities | |
One or two success stories achieved |
Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative | Technical dialogue |
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Activity of initiative | Knowledge dissemination and exchange |
Indicators | |
Goals | |
Comments on indicators and goals | |
How will goals be achieved | |
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals | |
Progress towards the goals | |
How are you tracking progress of your initiative | |
Available reporting |
Participants
Participants | Number | Names | ||
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Members | 0 | |||
Companies | 0 | |||
Business organisations | 0 | |||
Research and educational organisations | 0 | |||
Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |||
National states | 0 | |||
Governmental actors | 0 | |||
Regional / state / county actors | 0 | |||
City / municipal actors | 0 | |||
Intergovernmental organisations | 0 | |||
Financial Institutions | 0 | |||
Faith based organisations | 0 | |||
Other members | 0 | |||
Supporting partners | 0 | |||
Number of members in the years |
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Have only national states as participators | No |
Theme
Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Not only have national states as participators