Summer Schools & Courses

Here, you can...

Exchange with academicians and leading scholars, and broaden your academic vision

Work with outstanding peers, and grow together

Demonstrate comprehensive research ability and strengthen teamwork

Build a solid professional foundation through systematic carbon accounting courses

And there is more...

A wide range of engaging team activities

Making research lighter, richer, and more enjoyable

This is where ideas meet

And where inspiration is sparked

We welcome you to join us!

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Call for Applications

To further advance the dual-carbon agenda and strengthen young scholars insight and leadership in climate mitigation, the CEADs team has successfully held seven carbon accounting summer schools since 2016. The program has received broad attention and support from government, academia, and young scholars in China and abroad, with its influence continuing to grow.

CEADs remains committed to building the summer school into a demonstrative flagship program that cultivates interdisciplinary talent with both professional competence and practical ability to support the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.

This summer, the 8th Summer School will take place as scheduled. It will bring together experts and scholars from China and abroad, build a systematic curriculum, deliver teaching around carbon accounting methods, practical standards, and typical cases, create a high-level academic exchange platform, explore a public-interest talent training model, and support the growth of dual-carbon talent.

Talent is the foundation, and the future is promising. We warmly invite government agencies, universities, and enterprises interested in co-hosting this public-interest summer school and jointly advancing dual-carbon talent training to work with us in building a more open and diverse talent development platform.

Contact: Ceads2026@163.com

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Application Requirements

Students interested in joining the summer school should send a CV and one representative work, such as a thesis, research paper, survey report, or other format in either Chinese or English, to ceads2026@163.com by May 31, 2026. The email subject line should be "2026 Summer School - Name - Institution". The CEADs team will notify admitted participants by email before June 15.

Program dates: July 25 to August 3, 2026. Participants check in on July 24.

Location: Weihai, Shandong

Participation format: Full in-person attendance is required.

Notes:

- The summer school does not charge any registration fee. Participants are responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and meal expenses. Details on participant scholarships will be announced in later updates.

- For any questions related to this summer school, please contact Ceads2026@163.com.

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Tsinghua-Envision Carbon Tracker Award

The CEADs Summer School has added the Tsinghua-Envision Carbon Tracker Award. The award offers RMB 50,000 per outstanding group and RMB 25,000 per outstanding participant. Funded by public-interest donations, the award aims to discover and encourage young teams and individuals with potential and courage to explore in the field of carbon neutrality, especially carbon accounting.

The award plans to select no more than one outstanding team and no more than two individuals. The prize money may be used independently by the winning teams or individuals. The evaluation will be conducted by experts in climate change invited by the Tsinghua University CEADs team, based on on-site scoring and comprehensive assessment during the final presentation session of the summer school.

The final winning teams and individuals will receive prize money, trophies, and certificates of honor. In addition, all participants who meet the program requirements during the summer school will receive completion certificates issued by the Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University.

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Highlights from Previous Summer Schools

Distinguished Lectures and Inspiring Exchanges

The organizers brought together experts and scholars in the dual-carbon field to deliver a series of lectures, improve the curriculum design, focus on frontier theory and practical applications, and support the training of high-level dual-carbon talent. The program also built an open and diverse international exchange platform to promote mutual learning and collaboration among young scholars.

Cai Yongbo, Party Secretary and Director of the Beijing Office of the Zhejiang Provincial People Government, delivered remarks.

Professor He Kebin, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Dean of the Institute for Carbon Neutrality at Tsinghua University, delivered a keynote speech on carbon neutrality and industrial transformation. He discussed the context of extreme weather disasters, world economic evolution, and global energy investment transformation, and proposed the coordinated advancement of five carbon-related areas.

Academician Sun Laixiang discussed material footprints in consumption and fairness, exploring how to improve equity in environmental mitigation policies.Academician Liu Congqiang gave a special report on sustainability science and Earth system science.

Professor Guan Dabo of Tsinghua University chaired the opening ceremony

Teamwork and Shared Momentum

Balanced Learning and Diverse Activities

Icebreaking Activity

Welcome Dinner

Talent Show

Game Session

Table Tennis Match

Visit to Yucun

Visit to OSM

Water Gun Game

Lawn Barbecue

During the summer school, with strong support from co-organizing institutions, the CEADs team carefully planned a rich set of off-site and interactive activities for participants, including icebreaking, a welcome dinner, talent show, fun games, table tennis match, visit to Yucun, visit to OSM, water gun game, and lawn barbecue.

In a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, participants not only refreshed themselves, but also deepened mutual understanding through communication and collaboration, creating memorable experiences and sincere, lasting friendships.

Gathering Talent and Exchanging Ideas

Ten days of learning and shared time not only deepened participants understanding of carbon accounting theory, but also helped group members become more familiar with one another and work with greater coordination, continuously strengthening team cohesion.

Toward the end of the summer school, each group organized and presented its research outcomes, showing data analysis results and learning gains. Every outcome reflected effort and cooperation, and carried expectations for the dual-carbon goals and a sustainable future.

Media Coverage and Far-Reaching Impact

Reflections from Previous Participants

2025 SUMMARY

Xu Jinghang, University of Birmingham

As a young scholar, I sincerely appreciate the long-term commitment and dedication of Professor Guan Dabo team at Tsinghua University in the field of carbon accounting. The CEADs team not only continues to build and open high-quality carbon emission datasets, providing a solid data foundation for related research, but also creates a valuable learning and exchange platform for young scholars through its continued summer school program.

Here, we can systematically engage with frontier theories and methods, while also exchanging ideas in depth with peers from different backgrounds and inspiring one another through intellectual interaction. This public-interest platform is especially important for the growth of young scholars. It not only improves our professional abilities, but also strengthens our sense of mission and responsibility in serving the national dual-carbon goals.

Wang Chao, Capital University of Economics and Business

It is a great honor to participate in work related to CEADs. During this period, I had the privilege of attending excellent lectures by several academicians and renowned scholars, gaining deeper understanding of frontier issues and practical methods in carbon accounting, and benefiting greatly from their clear and insightful explanations. At the same time, I met outstanding young scholars and students from different universities and research backgrounds, and we learned from one another through exchange and cooperation.

I sincerely thank Professor Guan Dabo for the careful organization and the working team for their hard work, which provided us with such a high-level and high-quality platform for learning and exchange. Finally, I wish the CEADs Summer School continued success, and hope it will keep bringing together outstanding young talent and cultivating more excellent professionals for the dual-carbon cause.