Byford Tsang

Byford Tsang is a senior policy fellow with the Asia programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Byford previous led the China programme at the international climate think tank E3G, where he advised policymakers on EU-China negotiations on climate and energy issues. He regularly provides comment and analysis on China’s climate and energy policies in a variety of media outlets including the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. 

Before joining E3G, Byford led the supply chain sustainability practice at S&P Global, working with corporate and investor clients to assess and report climate risks. Prior to that, he was with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation where he managed a portfolio of philanthropic grants in China and Brazil, with a focus on sustainable urbanisation, air quality, and forest restoration. Byford has also spent three years in Hong Kong as an environmental consultant, working with actors in the manufacturing sector in mainland China and south-east Asia to develop corporate sustainability policies.

Byford holds an MSc in environment and development from the London School of Economics. Byford also has a BSocSc in geography and resource management from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.