Chair of GCA - Global Climate Academy

Chair of GCA

Changhua Wu

Chair of Steering Council, Global Climate Academy, UNITAR PAS

Senior Global Fellow, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, China

China/Asia Director, Office of Jeremy Rifkin Chair

Governing Council, Asia Pacific Water Forum Non-Executive Director of the Board

Tianqi Lithium Member of the Board

Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation Member

Global Future Council of Climate and Nature Governance

World Economic Forum’2025-2026 Member of the Executive Committee

Member of Working Committee of Shanghai Center of the Prosperity Alliance of UNITAR

Member of Asian Development Bank Water Group

Changhua Wu is a specialist and policy analyst of China’s sustainable development, an advisor to governments and corporations on sustainability strategy and innovation, a strategist of public and private partnership engagement for clean energy transition and an advocate for climate leadership.

She was one of the 15 global women leaders recognized by the Time magazine in 2019 for their leadership in fighting climate change.

She supports Jeremy Rifkin’s China/Asia strategic engagement, with a particular focus on reshaping the vision and narrative of transformation at the Age of Resilience on the Planet Aqua. As Chair of the Governing Council of Asia Pacific Water Forum and a member of the Asian Development Bank’s Water Advisory Group, she contributes her expertise to advance water security and sustainable development in the region.

She serves on the Board of a listed Chinese global company – Tianqi Lithium (Shenzhen and Hong Kong) and chairs the Board’s ESG and Sustainability sub-committee. As a member of World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Climate and Nature Governance’2025-2026, she is given more global exposure to link. Chinese regulatory market with global ones.

Having served on the Board of Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation for a decade, she continues her endeavor to advance the FAST-Infra labeling championing accelerated scaling of sustainable infrastructure financing.

She served as the Greater China Director of The Climate Group, Executive Director of Professional Association for China’s Environment, CEO of ENSR, Director of China Studies for the World Resources Institute, and Editor for the English Edition of the China Environment News.