(China produces a third of the world’s greenhouse gases 60 percent of those are from coal.) We talked with her about how she’s working to implement the MOUs, which cover the gamut of climate solutions: electric vehicles, batteries, methane, building decarbonization, land use and more - and how she’s hoping California can help China address emissions from coal in particular. This was her second trip to China this year.
Paris Agreement - and has done stints at the California Air Resources Board and at CARB’s parent agency, CalEPA. climate envoy John Kerry and was on former President Barack Obama’s negotiating team for the U.N. She’s a veteran of international climate negotiations - she previously served as senior adviser to U.S. Sanchez, Newsom’s senior climate adviser, is in charge of implementing the five climate-focused memorandums of understanding his office signed last month with local, and regional and national Chinese agencies. Gavin Newsom’s trip to China may be over, but Lauren Sanchez’s work has just begun. Lauren Sanchez is focused on helping China cut its emissions.
