Jiehong Lou is an assistant research professor at the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) in the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Her areas of expertise include: climate finance and carbon finance, energy economics, environmental policy, energy policy, sustainable development, equity and transportation justice. Lou’s research focuses on mobilization of private finance in financing climate action, corporate motivations for carbon project investment, evaluation of co-benefits from climate finance projects, measurement of different types of risks in climate finance and investment needs, behavioral change interventions on energy consumption, and how transportation accessibility imposes disparate impacts on different economic and minority groups. She was recently a postdoctoral fellow with the Maryland Transportation Institute. She holds a PhD in policy sciences with a focus on environmental and energy policy from the University of Maryland; an MA in public policy and an MA in applied economics from the University of Maryland; and a BA in public policy from Tongji University in China.
- Climate finance and carbon finance; energy economics; environmental policy; energy policy; sustainable development; equity; transportation justice
Successfully addressing the climate crisis while achieving sustainable development goals will require carefully constructed strategies to enact rapid economic transitions to a cleaner economy—tailored to national circumstances and priorities. The Center for Global Sustainability has deep expertise in country-specific analytical and policy approaches across key sectors and in support of a 1.5°C-pathway.
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School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Jenna Behrendt, Andy Miller, Matthew Zwerling, Christoph Bertram, Mel George, Shannon Kennedy, Michael I. Westphal, Maria Borrero, Alicia Zhao, Gokul Iyer, Kathleen Kennedy, Jiehong Lou, Haewon McJeon, Mengye Zhu, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Alexandra Kreis, Dillon Walton, Aldana Joel Canton, Shiqi Chen, Yingtong Li, Kowan O’Keefe
School Authors: Mengye Zhu, Jiehong Lou, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Xinzhao Cheng, Siman Li, Danqing Li, Fabby Tumiwa, Deon Arinaldo, Wenli Li
School Authors: Jiehong Lou, Nathan Hultman, Anand Patwardhan
Other Authors: Irving Mintzer
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Other Authors: Sachraa Borjigin, Connie Tang, Yalda Saadat, Ming Hu, Deb A. Niemeier
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Jiehong Lou, Alicia Zhao, Jenna Behrendt, Haewon McJeon, Nathan Hultman
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: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Haewon McJeon, Jiehong Lou, Sha Yu, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Maria Borrero, Claire Squire
School Authors: Jiehong Lou, Nathan Hultman, Shannon Kennedy
School Authors: Jiehong Lou, Nathan Hultman, Anand Patwardhan, Yueming 'Lucy' Qiu
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Other Authors: Victoria Adofoli
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Nathan Hultman, Haewon McJeon, Sha Yu, Morgan Edwards, Christina Bowman, Leon Clarke, Jiehong Lou, Mengye Zhu
Other Authors: Diyang Cui, Arijit Sen, Kaihui Song, Junjie Kang, Fuqiang Yang, Jiahai Yuan, Weirong Zhang
School Authors: Jiehong Lou, Sha Yu, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Jiawei Song, Jessica Frech
School Authors: Leon Clarke, Sha Yu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Nathan Hultman, Jiehong Lou
Other Authors: Jiawei Song, Sha Fu, Xuan Du, Zhenhua Feng, Xuecheng Wang, Lingyan Chen, Zhuoxiang Yang, Junling Liu, Li Yang, Nicklas Forsell, Fei Guo, Volker Krey, Minpeng Chen, Ke Wang, Qimin Chai, Qiang Zhang
School Authors: Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke, Haewon McJeon, Morgan Edwards, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Christina Bowman, Jiehong Lou
Other Authors: Carla Frisch , Kevin Kennedy, Tom Cyrs, Pete Hansel, Paul Bodnar, Michelle Manion , Jessie Lund , Michael I. Westphal, Andrew Clapper , Joel Jaeger , Arijit Sen , Devashree Saha, Wendy Jaglom, Koben Calhoun, Kristin Igusky, James deWeese, Kareem Hammoud, J.C. Altimirano, Margaret Dennis, Chris Henderson, Gill Zwicker, John O'Neill
School Authors: Jiehong Lou, Xingchi Shen
Other Authors: Deb Niemeier
School Authors: Jiehong Lou, Shannon Kennedy
Other Authors: Sophie Smyth, Irving Mintzer, Amber Leonard
