Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy Initiative (EEEPI) Seminar
Abstract: An introduction of China’s Dual Carbon goals and challenges facing China in the process of achieving these goals. Xu he will provide a review and comparison of several major economic policy tools which can induce behavior changes in producers and consumers to achieve sustained carbon reduction. Finally, he will discuss potentials of the nature-based solution to achieve carbon neutrality, as well as the needs for institutional and policy reform in China.
Bio: Jintao Xu is a Peking University Boya Chaired Professor of economics; deputy director, the university division of economics and management; and director, China Center for Environmental and Energy Economics (C2E3) of the National School of Development, Peking University, China. He was trained as a forest economist with more than thirty years of experiences evaluating forest regulations, ecological restoration programs and forest sector reforms. Recently he is involved with studies in fishery management, air quality control, transportation management and the national climate change strategies. He consults with international organizations and national governments on issues related to forest sector reforms, conservation programs and environmental policies. He has served as associate editors and editorial board members for European Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, World Development, Regional Environmental Changes, Environment and Development Economics, as well as Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Jintao Xu’s over 100 publications, both in English and Chinese, appeared at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Climate Changes, World Development, Environmental and Resource Economics, World Development, etc. He also has opinion pieces published in Huffington Post, Resource Magazines and Chinese newspapers.
Jintao Xu received his bachelor of engineering degree from Jilin University of Technology (1984), Master of Agricultural Sciences from Beijing Forestry University (1988), Master in Economics (1996) and Ph.D. in Forestry and Forest Products (1999), both from Virginia Tech.