Huw Slater

Based in China since 2011, Huw is a Climate and Energy Specialist at ClientEarth. His areas of expertise include carbon markets, low-carbon development and China’s energy transition. He has published a range of widely read papers and reports dealing with carbon market design and implementation. He recently served as a member of the Continuous Improvement Work Programme on Transition Credits for the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, focussed on establishing standards for high integrity carbon credits. He has previously worked on EU-funded projects supporting bilateral engagement and cooperation with China on emissions trading, and on environment and green economy. He was also responsible for establishing the grant facility under the UK Prosperity Fund China Energy and Low Carbon Economy Programme. Huw served as Chair of the European Chamber of Commerce in China’s Carbon Market Working Group in 2021-22, and is the lead author of the annual China Carbon Pricing Survey reports, the most in-depth and extensive summaries of stakeholder views on China’s carbon market development.