Dr. Stephan Sina, Senior Fellow of Ecologic Institute, held an online speech at the 8th International Forum on Environmental Rule of Law "Climate Change and Carbon Neutral Legal System: International Metropolitan Dialogue" on 6 November 2023 in Shanghai. He gave an overview of Germany's Federal Climate Change Act (KSG), its impact in Germany, and the current revision of the KSG.

The conference was organized by the Institute of Law of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council. A dozen researchers from universities and research institutes in China, Japan, the United States, and Germany presented various topics related to climate change law and participated in the final discussion. More than 50 participants attended the conference.