• Research

    Dr. Yuli Shan specializes in Climate Change Mitigation and Net-Zero Transitions. His interdisciplinary research uncovers the interplay between human activities and global emissions, bolstering the pursuit of climate targets and the Net-Zero initiative. His work particularly emphasizes emerging economies and cities, which are pivotal to climate change mitigation and emission reductions in the forthcoming decades.

    Theme 1: Carbon Accounts - Carbon Emission Accounts and Datasets for emerging economies (CEADs)

    • Global: Nature Climate Change (2025; 2021; 2020); National Science Review (2022); Patterns (2023)
    • Countries and provinces: Applied Energy (2024, 2016); Earth's Future (2021); Scientific Data (2018, 2020)
    • Cities and counties: Journal of Cleaner Production (2017); Scientific Data (2020)
    • Super-emitting industries: Nature Food (2021; 2023); Nature Communications (2023); One Earth (2021); Applied Energy (2016)

    Theme 2: Equal and Responsible Net-Zero Goals

    • Households income: Nature Sustainability (2022); Nature Energy (2022)
    • Generation: Nature Communications (2023); Cell Reports Sustainability (2024)
    • Regions: Nature Cities (2024); Nature Sustainability (2024); One Earth (2019)

    Theme 3: Dual Net-Zero Solutions

    • Supply-side emission reduction pathways: Science Bulletin (2022); Science Advances (2018); One Earth (2021)
    • Demand-side mitigation measures: Nature Climate Change (2024); Nature Communications (2025)
    • Dual side contributions: Science Bulletin (2023)