Speaker: Dr. Jing Meng

Dr. Jing Meng is a tenured Associate Professor at University College London and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance at the University of Cambridge. In 2016, Dr. Meng obtained a Ph.D. in Environmental Geography from Peking University. He has been actively engaged in interdisciplinary research, focusing on topics such as climate change mitigation policies, integrated assessment models driven by low-carbon technology innovation, and the socio-economic impacts of collaborative emission reduction.

Over the past five years, Dr. Meng has authored or co-authored over 50 papers published in prestigious journals, including PNAS, Nature Energy, Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Nature Sustainability, and One Earth. Recognized as a highly cited researcher in interdisciplinary fields from 2020 to 2022 by Clarivate Analytics, Dr. Meng has received several awards, including the 2022 Asia-Pacific Top 35 Innovators Under 35, the 2020 Future Leader Award for Sustainable Development, and the 2018 Top 50 Frontiers Paper Award in Earth and Planetary Sciences by Nature Communications.

Moderator: Dr. Qinyi Xu

Dr. Qinyi Xu is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations, Peking University.

The lecture focused on the risks posed by climate change, affecting various aspects of human existence and socio-economic dimensions. As global consensus on addressing climate change grows, an increasing number of national governments have proposed visions for carbon neutrality, translating them into national strategies. To turn these visions into reality and explore practical and feasible development paths, particularly in predicting and analyzing low-carbon energy technologies that may play a crucial role in the transition process. The presentation covered recent trends in carbon emissions and their driving factors, as well as the role and cost changes of low-carbon technology innovation in the decarbonization process.