Khalil Berro
Artist
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Building on the success of the Climate Ring by Swissnex in Boston and New York at Climate Week NY, Swissnex in China is proud to present Climate Ring Shanghai during Shanghai Climate Week in April 2025.
The Climate Ring Shanghai is a powerful platform where the global battle against climate change comes to life—literally, in a boxing ring. Held during Shanghai Climate Week (22.-26. April 2025), the Climate Ring underscores the urgency of addressing humanity’s greatest challenge collaboratively. Through high-impact discussions, presentations and exhibitions the symbolic boxing ring, becomes a dynamic space where ideas and knowledge flow, uniting stakeholders in the fight against climate change.
While academic exchanges with China face increasing complexities, climate change remains a shared global concern that transcends borders. Switzerland plays a central role in tackling this crisis, leveraging its expertise in climate science, innovation, and diplomacy to strengthen the Sino-Swiss partnership. By strategically promoting collaboration in climate sciences, the Climate Ring serves as a unique platform to foster partnerships, inspire action, and elevate Switzerland’s leadership on the global stage.
The Program
Day 1 – Tuesday April 22:
- Climate Ring Opening Symposium: Sino-Swiss Visions for a Sustainable Future.
Day 2 – Wednesday April 23:
- CEA User Meeting
- CEA-4 Launch Event & Low-Carbon Urban Design Roundtable
Day 3 – Thursday April 24:
- Sustainability & Innovation 4 Impact SwissCham PechaKucha Style Night (organized by SwissCham China)
Day 4 – Friday April 25:
- The Future Speaks for Itself: Youth Perspectives on the Environment
- Innovation Night for Climate
Day 5 – Saturday April 26:
- Behavioral Insights for Climate Action
- Earth Day Climate Fresk Workshop
- Artistic performance: Clouds’ Memoir and Roundtable: Breathing Clouds: Art, Science, and Air We Share
Events
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Art Exhibits – Climate Ring Shanghai
April 22, 2025 — April 26, 2025In a world increasingly shaped by climate change and ecological interconnection, Breathe, Twin Cloud, and Apocalyptic Optimists invite us to reflect on our place in a shared, more-than-human world.
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Breathing Clouds: Art, Science, and the Air We Share
April 26, 2025This roundtable brings together artists, scientists, and environmental thinkers to explore the intersections of art, science, and policy through the lens of air and clouds, elements that are both invisible and essential, shaping history, climate change, and human experience.
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Earth Day Climate Fresk Workshop
April 26, 2025The best fighters need to study their opponent. Where they punch hard. What are their patterns. How they became who they are. Come and study our common opponent Climate Change in a fun and interactive way through the Climate Fresk Workshop. And get ready to join the fight yourself.
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Behavioral Insights for Climate Action
April 26, 2025This roundtable explores how behavioral science can drive climate action by examining the psychological, social, and cognitive factors influencing environmental decision-making. Experts will share insights from neuroscience, psychology, and policy implementation to foster sustainable behaviors and effective interventions.
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Innovation Night for Climate
April 25, 2025Innovation is often viewed as a vital solution to global challenges such as climate change. However, it also presents its own set of contradictions. This event will explore the complex relationship between climate action and innovation, where bold ideas promise transformation but may also lead to unintended consequences.
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The Future Speaks for Itself: Youth Perspectives on the Environment
April 25, 2025Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are already being felt across the globe. In consequence, society is gearing up to transition to a more sustainable system, from politics, innovation, to civil society.
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Sustainability and Innovation 4 Impact SwissCham PechaKucha Style Night
April 24, 2025This event organized by SwissCham leverages the globally recognized PechaKucha format, where speakers present their ideas using 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds, resulting in concise yet impactful presentations lasting just 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
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CEA-4 Launch Event & Low-Carbon Urban Design Roundtable
April 23, 2025This event will take place alongside the Low-Carbon Urban Design Roundtable, hosted in collaboration with Swissnex in China during Shanghai Climate Week. This roundtable brings together professionals, designers, and agencies to explore how urban planning and design can contribute to decarbonisation.
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Climate Ring Opening Symposium: Sino-Swiss Visions for a Sustainable Future
April 22, 2025This symposium brings together Swiss and Chinese experts from law, psychology, urban planning, and the arts to explore climate change through an interdisciplinary lens. The discussions aim to bridge governance, public perception, and urban sustainability, fostering Sino-Swiss collaboration on climate solutions.
Swiss Delegation
Prof. Tobias Brosch
Professor in Psychology, Chair for Psychology of Sustainable Development, University of Geneva
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#environmentaldecisions
#environmentaldecisions
Dr. Elena Cima
Senior Lecturer in International Energy Law at the University of Geneva
#environmentallaw
Dr. Zhongming Shi
Product Lead of City Energy Analyst, Lecturer at ETH Zurich
#modeling
#urbanplanning
#low-carboninfrastructure
#urbanplanning
#low-carboninfrastructure
Lin Boynton
Gen A Fellow with “Asia Society Switzerland” and PhD student at ETH Zurich
Constantin Marakhov
Co-founder and CEO, Kidemis
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Speakers
Prof. Zimeng Wang
Professor at Fudan University, Executive President of the Young Faculty Association, and Editor-in-Chief of Applied Geochemistry
Yin Li
Local Lead Expert of the Sino-Swiss Zero-Emission-Building (ZEB) Project and registered Architect SIA/ETH in Switzerland.
Prof. Bin Li
Associate Professor at School of Architecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Prof. Xing Shi
Vice President of the Institute of Building Physics of China
Dr. Jun Zha
Chief Planner of East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. (ECADI) and professor-level senior engineer specializing in urban design
Dr. Yan Ge
Secretary General of the Shanghai Urban Planning Trade Association
Mathias Niffeler
CTO of UUEN Company
Dr. Cheney Chen
Senior Engineer and Senior Associate at Perkins&Will’s Vancouver Studio
Prof. Yan Sun
Professor at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice Director of the Environmental Psychology Committee of the Chinese Psychological Society
Shirley Lu
ProVeg International Managing Director -Asia & China Chief Representative
Shiyang Li
General Manager of Rare China Center for Behavior
Prof. Tien Ming Lee
Professor at the School of Ecology at Sun Yat-sen University and visiting fellow at the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford
Sophia Slingerland
Founder & Chair-women of SHINE Ecological Technology
Gregory Moulinet
Senior Lecturer at NACAA, Joint Institute China Academy of Art (CAA), L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique - France (EDNA)
Daniel Heusser
Founder. President & Chief Architect at Virtuarch
Itee Soni
Designer
Bochen Peng
Partner at ADI
Gaspard Lemoine-Scelles
Director of Business development at TEARAO (Shanghai) Engineering Consulting CO., Ltd.
Sissi Chao
Founder & CEO of Remake Hub
Zenith Qu
Liberal Arts Educator
Yuzhou Wu
Chinese Marin Conservation Professional
Yitao Li
Environmental systems and policy major at ETH Zurich and Junior Project Manager at Swissnex in China
Xiwen Qing
Director, Plug and Play China
Mingmin Wang
Head of Sustainability & Innovation APAC, Clariant Chemicals
Claudia Ukonu
Growth & Investor Lead, UpLink
Jie Zhang
Director, Design Innovation Institute Shanghai / D.Transformer Incubator
Julie Koch
Sustainability Specialist, Sodexo
Haixiao Weng
Co-founder and CEO, Carbon Baseline
Yixuan Cai
Artist, Curator, Founder of Black Void
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Shanghai Climate Week
Shanghai Climate Week is a groundbreaking initiative jointly initiated by over 100 global ecological partners, with the support of the United Nations and the Chinese government. It serves as a platform for dialogue and collaboration on climate change, bringing together diverse stakeholders from government, business, academia, and civil society. Set against the backdrop of Shanghai, this influential event fosters international cooperation and drives transformative action toward a more sustainable future.
Shanghai Climate Week aims at “China Action, Asia Voice, Global Standard, ”pushing social forces of engagement in China’s commitment to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, telling the Chinese story with an action plan for climate change, delivering Asia’s voice for green transformation, enhancing international communication and collaboration on climate change, and participating in the layout and implementation of international rules.
