Dr. Yu is a research scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Joint Global Change Research Institute and an associate research scholar at the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS). Dr. Yu is an expert in energy and environmental issues, with a focus on climate finance, energy and climate policies, sectoral decarbonization pathways, and smart cities. She leads research on net-zero carbon buildings and industry decarbonization. Dr. Yu also leads the development and application of a state-of-art integrated assessment model with subnational details in China (GCAM-China). At CGS, Dr. Yu co-leads the China research portfolio.
Dr. Yu has a decade of experience in developing and implementing clean energy policies in China, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, and ASEAN countries. She led collaborative research under the U.S.-China Climate Change Working Group and U.S.-India Strategic Energy Partnership and with governments, researchers, and businesses to advance energy policies in various regions. She holds an MS and PhD in Energy Policy from the University of Maryland.
- Climate change mitigation; sustainable finance; energy and environmental policy; integrated assessment modeling
School Authors: Jiehong Lou, Sha Yu, Jiawei Song, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Jessica Frech
School Authors: Leon Clarke, Sha Yu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Nathan Hultman, Jiehong Lou, Jiawei Song
Other Authors: 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: Sha Yu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Haewon McJeon, Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke
Other Authors: Brinda Yarlagadda
School Authors: Sha Yu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Haewon McJeon, Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke
Other Authors: Brinda Yarlagadda
School Authors: Sha Yu, Christina Bowman, Jiawei Song
Other Authors: John O'Neill
School Authors: Shannon Kennedy, Sha Yu, Jiawei Song
Other Authors: John O'Neill
