Thom Woodroofe

Thom Woodroofe is senior fellow and founding director of the Asia Society’s China Climate Hub. He is a former climate diplomat.

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An aerial view of ships carrying coal sit near a coal-fired power plant on Nov. 11, 2021, in Hanchuan, Hubei province, China.
An aerial view of ships carrying coal sit near a coal-fired power plant on Nov. 11, 2021, in Hanchuan, Hubei province, China.

China Must Pay a Price for Climate Inaction
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Thom Woodroofe
Protesters hold up signs representing Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Protesters hold up signs representing Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

A Partnership to Save the Planet
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Thom Woodroofe
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and then U.S.-Vice President Joe Biden attend a luncheon in Los Angeles on Feb. 17, 2012.
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and then U.S.-Vice President Joe Biden attend a luncheon in Los Angeles on Feb. 17, 2012.

The United States and China Need to Cooperate—for the Planet’s Sake
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