Research Seminar: Carbon Emission Accounts and Low-carbon Development
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Date
22 Nov 2022
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Organiser
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI)
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Time
16:30 - 17:30
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Venue
online via Zoom
Speaker
Dr. Yuli SHAN
Enquiry
Ms Anna Choi 3400 8158 anna.choi@polyu.edu.hk
Summary
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, led by human activities, are changing the earth's environment and accelerating global climate change. Over the past two decades, anthropogenic emissions in developing countries especially China have continued an upward trend, which has become an international research hotspot as well as a focus issue of multinational climate negotiations. Low-carbon development is not only an inevitable choice under the background of global climate change but a major strategic opportunity for China to seek to further promote high-quality economic development and lead global affairs related to climate change. In recent years, China has continuously determined to adopt increasingly powerful policies and measures in terms of emission reduction and strived to achieve its carbon peaking goal by 2030 and carbon neutrality goal by 2060. In this context, we should construct an internationally recognized methodologic system of emission accounting which is in line with Chinese Characteristics to scientifically quantify anthropogenic emissions, further accurately identify socioeconomic driving forces of carbon emissions and explore green and low-carbon development pathways. The above activities are significant to realize carbon peaking and carbon neutrality as well as the global climate goals.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Yuli SHAN
Associate Professor in Sustainable Transitions
University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Yuli Shan is a Global Highly Cited Researcher and World Top 2% Scientist since 2020. Before joining the University of Birmingham, he worked at the University of Groningen as a research fellow. He got a doctoral degree from the University of East Anglia (2018) and a master’s degree from Fudan University (2014). Yuli is a contributing author of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report and an executive committee member of the National Association of Input-Output and Big Data of China. Yuli has rich experience with publishing, reviewing, and editing journal papers. He is an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of several journals including Scientific Data, Advances in Applied Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Advances in Climate Change Research, Transactions in Energy and Sustainability, and Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. Yuli’s research focuses on accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, climate change economics, and sustainable development, with a special focus on developing countries and cities. He has published over 100 papers in high-impact journals, such as Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, Nature Geoscience, Nature Food, and Science Advances. His paper has been cited over 8600 times (hindex 41), and 18 of them are ESI highly cited papers and 13 are hot papers. He has co-built an open emission dataset (CEADs) to provide the most up-to-date regional emission and energy data for emerging countries and subnational regions. CEADs has been downloaded by 400+ thousand times per year and reused in over 800 journal papers. Yuli has won a dozen academic prizes including the Green Talents awarded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The jury especially valued the scientific expertise regarding his research on the adaption and investigation of sustainable policies in cities. Yuli has been interviewed by internationally renowned media such as Reuters, Financial Times, and Xinhua net to discuss city-level sustainable development.
