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[Closed Event] Strategic Global South-China Dialogue for Green Futures
This closed-door dialogue will bring together leading voices from the Global South and China to explore how cooperation can move beyond fragmented bilateral projects toward scalable, strategic frameworks. Participants will map evolving priorities such as storage, grid modernization, and renewable-driven industrialization, while identifying replicable models of green cooperation. The session is designed for policymakers, think tanks, and civil society leaders who want to strengthen South-South engagement with China and shape more equitable, long-term pathways for sustainable development.
(9:35 – 10:20) Session 1 - Building a common framework
•Building consensus around a common framework for engaging China in the rapid, equitable and just transition to renewables; Positive Role China can play in the Energy Transition; Identifying common concerns
(10:20 – 10:50) Session 2 - Learning from current cooperation
•What’s working in China–South cooperation, and where key gaps remain.
• Case Insight – China Pakistan unlocking the Great Solar Rush
• Case Insight – ASEAN perspective and experiences
(11:00 – 13:00) Session 3 - Emerging priorities for cooperation
Thematic Briefs and Discussions
• Shifting priorities from megaprojects to distributed projects
• Storage and Grids
• Building just transitions and resilient supply chains (renewables and critical minerals)
• Sustainable Finance and Investment Modalities
(14:00 – 15:00) Session 4 - Shaping regional engagement strategies
•Potential platforms/mechanisms for regional–China engagement; Developing collective approaches; Institutional mechanisms for sustained Global South–China dialogue.