Publications

This paper examines how natural disasters complicate government efforts to balance energy security with the energy transition in regulated electricity systems. Using random variations in runoff as a natural experiment, we find that droughts lead to a long...

The Global Methane Pledge faces significant challenges due to the ambiguous attribution of methane emissions within complex global supply chains and the uncertain costs of mitigation technologies. To address this knowledge gap, the paper developed a multi...

China is poised to become the world’s largest civil aviation market, yet reducing both CO₂ and air pollutant emissions remains a major challenge. Here, we develop a city-resolved projection framework linking origin-destination air travel demand with urban...

Coal combustion contributes greatly to the level of CO₂ emissions, air pollution, and health burdens. International trade classifies coal extraction, coal combustion, and the consumption of goods and services separately. A lack of comprehensive analyses...

As cities expand, urban heat islands and air pollution have merged, especially in humid subtropical cities. Yet a dual solution remains lacking to simultaneously mitigate these two issues due to complex meteorology-chemistry interactions. Based on...

Amid global efforts to reduce travel-induced emissions, extensive research has explored the impact of urban development on residents’ travel behaviors. Yet, the interplay between urban development and generational shifts in active travel remain less...

The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the first large-scale climate-trade instrument with the potential to reshape global carbon pricing incentives. Its implementation pressures countries without explicit carbon prices to...

Increased penetration of renewables has posed a significant influence on the wholesale electricity market. For markets with a limited number of large generation companies, such as China, the manner in which bidding strategies for these companies could...

Renewable hydrogen could have a role in decarbonizing energy-intensive industries and in achieving net-zero economies. The impacts of renewable-hydrogen production and use on industrial value chains and the geography of production are debated, as there is...

The energy transition to net-zero carbon emissions may exacerbate regional inequities, impeding an orderly national transition and threatening global climate goals. This challenge might be particularly severe in China, as it simultaneously faces...