PROGRESSTOWARD CARBON NEUTRALITY IN THE U.S.AND CHINAThe California-China Climate InstituteNovember 2023Berkeley LawCalifornia-ChinaClimate InstituteREPORT AUTHORSFredrich Kahrl,Jessica Gordon*,Fan Dai*and Jie Han*California-China Climate Institute,University of California,BerkeleyUniversity of California,BerkeleyABOUT THE CALIFORNIA-CHINA CLIMATE INSTITUTEThe California-China Climate Institute was launched in September 2019 and is a University ofCalifornia-wide initiative housed jointly at UC Berkeley's School of Law and the Rausser Collegeof Natural Resources.It is Chaired by Jerry Brown,former Governor of the State of California,and Vice-Chaired by the former Chair of the California Air Resources Board Mary Nichols.TheInstitute also works closely with other University of California campuses,departments andleaders.Through joint research,training and dialogue in and between California and China,thisInstitute aims to inform policymakers,foster cooperation and partnership and drive climatesolutions at all levels.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe authors would like to thank the following reviewers for helpful comments:Michael Davidson(University of California,San Diego),He Gang (Baruch College,City University of New York,NinaKhanna (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory),Hongyou Lu (Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory),and Jim Williams (University of San Francisco).i