On October 22 and 23, the Sino-German Climate Partnership hosted the 2020 International Climate Initiative (IKI) Interface Workshop China on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). Conducted entirely virtually due to travel restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, some 60 experts and officials from various implementing agencies , came together to exchange their ideas, experiences, goals, successes, and challenges concerning the IKI and its role in Sino-German cooperation on the topics of climate change, biodiversity, and green finance.