Jenna Behrendt is a Research Associate at the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS). Her work focuses on integrated quantitative analysis and modeling of energy systems, land use, and related issues at the center of climate and sustainability debates. Before joining CGS, Jenna coordinated renewable energy projects and led youth climate leadership programs at the New York City (NYC) Department of Education. She also interned at the NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability and the US EPA, and worked for a Community Choice Energy provider in Santa Clara County, CA. Jenna has a Master's degree in Environmental Science & Policy from Columbia University and a Bachelor's degree in Natural Resources from Cornell University. She enjoys hiking, cooking vegetarian meals and reading fiction.

The China Program at CGS integrates scientific research, education, policy analysis, and stakeholder engagement to help understand and inform the development and deployment of China’s climate, energy, and environment strategies across international, national, and local contexts.
Learn More about China ProgramSchool Authors: Jenna Behrendt, Mengye Zhu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Meredydd Evans, Nathan Hultman, Haewon McJeon, Steven J. Smith
Other Authors: Sha Yu, Xinzhao Cheng, Wenli Li, Baobao Liu, Jared Williams, Haiwen Zhang, Qimin Chai, Minpeng Chen, Fei Guo, Lena Höglund Isaksson, Nina Khanna, Jiang Lin, Yazhen Wu
School Authors: Jenna Behrendt, Mengye Zhu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Meredydd Evans, Nathan Hultman, Haewon McJeon, Steven J. Smith
Other Authors: Jared Williams, Haiwen Zhang, Baobao Liu, Xinzhao Cheng, Sha Yu, Wenli Li
School Authors: Sha Yu, Jenna Behrendt
Other Authors: Sha Fu, Xiao Qin, Lingyan Chen, Xuan Du, Manqi Li, Chengcheng Mei, Zhuoxiang Yang, Fei Guo, Volker Krey, Junling Liu, Nina Khanna, Hongyou Lu, Nan Zhou, Yazhen Wu, Ke Wang, Qimin Chai, Wenying Chen, Shu Zhang, Xinzhao Cheng, Leon Clarke
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Jiehong Lou, Alicia Zhao, Jenna Behrendt, Gokul Iyer, Haewon McJeon, James 'Jae' Edmonds, Sha Yu, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Baihe Gu, Jiawei Song, Leon Clarke, Yi Wang, Xianchun Tan, Kaiwei Zhu, Yuhui Sheng, Hanbing Zhai, Lingsi Kong, Yonglong Cheng, Jon Sampedro, Stephanie Waldhoff
School Authors: Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke, Haewon McJeon, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Shannon Kennedy, Alicia Zhao, Jenna Behrendt
Other Authors: John O'Neill, Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke, Haewon McJeon , Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Shannon Kennedy, Alicia Zhao, Jenna Behrendt
School Authors: Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke, Haewon McJeon, Alicia Zhao, Jenna Behrendt, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui
Other Authors: Kevin Kennedy, Tom Cyrs, John O'Neill, Wendy Jaglom , John Feldmann, Kowan O'Keefe