China has emerged as a leader in the global energy transition, given its significant strides in renewable energy, and Sino-U.S. cooperation is of critical importance in addressing climate change, according to Drew Shula, an American entrepreneur and environmentalist.
The 2025 Summer Davos Forum was held in north China's Tianjin Municipality from June 24 to 26 under the theme "Entrepreneurship for a New Era." Key discussions at the event centered on supporting human development, protecting the planet, and advancing new energy and materials.
While the forum was underway on the other side of the Pacific, Shula spoke with China Global Television Network (CGTN) in Los Angeles, sharing his insights on the role the Summer Davos Forum plays in advancing global green and sustainable development.
"These opportunities, like in Davos, bring people from all countries around the world together, and you get to hear perspectives from every country. We're talking about entrepreneurship, and new ideas and innovations that are happening that can help reduce emissions across every industry, from buildings to shipping to manufacturing, and then from every country around the world. So we can draw down our emissions, we can decarbonize and electrify, and there's so much of that happening at Davos, conversations around solar and wind and batteries," he said.
Shula praised China’s role in driving the global clean energy transition, highlighting the country’s long-term commitment to renewable technologies.
"China has been an amazing leader around helping to push these sustainable technologies forward. Within China, we've seen incredible progress and stability from the leadership there over decades of working towards the adoption of solar and wind and lots of other new technologies, batteries as well. So China is a great leader and has led a lot of progress and inspired other countries around the world to also make progress," he said.
He emphasized that meaningful progress on climate change hinges on cooperation between major nations, particularly China and the United States, as both countries play a pivotal role in reducing global emissions.
"I'm of the opinion that global countries should be working together. I'm based in the United States, I don't think of China as a competitor, I think of us as partners. We can make the most positive impact by drawing down those emissions over time. China and the U.S. are extremely important," Shula said.
China leads global green transition: US environmentalist
