The China Carbon Emissions Trading Association
About us
The China Carbon Emissions Trading Association, CSES (CETA) was established in 2023 at the direction of the Department of Climate Change of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. As a not-for-profit organization, CETA is dedicated to engaging carbon market practitioners and experts in the exchange of views through conferences, symposia, and workshops, supporting policymaking and institutional building for carbon market development in China and beyond, organizing training and science communication events, facilitating the development of relevant standards and methodologies, and conducting professional appraisal and certification.
Platforms:
Carbon Emissions Trading Research and Information Exchange Platform
Carbon Emissions Trading Management Technical Support Platform
Carbon Emissions Trading International Cooperation Platform
Mission
- Engage experts and professionals in the field of carbon emissions trading to exchange academic views, organize conferences, symposiums and workshops, as well as publish research reports of carbon trading.
- Support policymaking and institutional building for emissions trading schemes in China and beyond, organize research and consultation on policies to provide technical solutions and policy recommendations of carbon emissions trading mechanisms.
- Facilitate the development of relevant standards and methodologies, organize reviews of methodologies, technical guidelines, and standards, and publish group standards under the name of CETA.
- Organize continuing education and professional training in carbon emissions trading, and conduct professional appraisal and certification.
- Promote international exchanges and cooperation in non-governmental level, and establish an international platform of carbon emissions trading.
Management team:
President ZHANG Xiliang
Deputy President WANG Naixiang, YIN Jun, ZHANG Xin, ZHOU Changbo, WU Shuhong, LAI Xiaoming
Secretary General ZHOU Jian