The Bath 2025 conference will gather leading experts on China and sustainability from both the Global North and South to discuss opportunities and challenges to engage China for accelerating global sustainability transition. The conference is organized in partnership with Bath Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change and Dialogue Earth.

Understanding China’s fast evolving role in global environmental governance requires inputs from experts of all backgrounds and experiences. As such, conference participants will come from the academic, policy-making, and civil society communities, and represent a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. We welcome all participants’ contributions to the discussions during the conference.

We aim to build a strong global academic-policy network for overcoming barriers to understanding China and to chart constructive paths to cooperation between China and the rest of the world for sustainable development. This 1.5-day conference will consist of keynote speakers, several thematic roundtables on China’s changing influence on global sustainability governance, and interactive group discussions to gather opinions from all participants. The conference will be invite only and held under the Chatham House Rule.

Travelling to Bath

By Train:

Bath Spa is the main station that serves the city of Bath and is a short walk from the city’s major attractions. It has regular trains to and from London Paddington, Bristol Temple Meads, and Cardiff.

By Plane:

If you are travelling from London Heathrow, you can travel to London Paddington via the Elizabeth Line or the Heathrow Express. From Paddington, the GWR Service is directly connected to Bath.

You can also get the National Express coach service directly from Heathrow to Bath Spa Bus Station.

For more information about staying in Bath, read here, or contact our team for further support.