- China's energy and climate change policy - including mitigation, low carbon development and adaptation.
- China's Emissions Trading System/carbon market.
- China’s policymaking, including environment, energy and climate bureuacracy & institutions.
- China’s cities and climate change, including resilient & low carbon pilots, Alliance of Peaking Pioneer Cities (APPC) & sustainable cities.
- China’s environment and Sustainable Development Goals.
Academic background
- Dr. art (Ph.D.), University of Oslo, 2002.
- Cand.philol, University of Oslo, 1992 (Chinese studies - culture, language, politics, history, environment).
Professional experience
- UNDP China Country Office, Senior Climate Change Advisor (2009-2014).
- Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Researcher and later Senior Research Fellow (1997-2009).
- UNDP China office, Energy and Environment Division (1995-97).
- UNIFEM, China (World Conference on Women (WCW)) (1994-95).
PROJECTS
BOOKS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 78, No 4, 2020, pp. 523-534
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Asian Perspective, Vol 44, No 3, 2020, pp. 435-460
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Review of Policy Research, published online 23.01.2019, 27 pp. DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12328
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In Adriana Galderisi and Angela Colucci (eds), Smart, Resilient and Transition Cities. Emerging Approaches and Tools for a Climate-Sensitive Urban Development. Amsterdam/Oxford/Cambridge MA, Elsevier, 2018, pp. 61-65.
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In Wettestad, Jørgen and Lars Gulbrandsen (eds), The Evolution of Carbon Markets. Design and Diffusion. London, Routledge, 2018, pp. 180-207.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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In Svein Vigeland Rottem and Ida Folkestad Soldtvedt, Arctic Governance: Norway, Russia and Asia. Volume 3. I.B. Tauris, 2020, chapter 12.
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In Stavins, Robert N and Stowe, Robert C. (eds), Subnational Climate Change Policy in China. Harvard Kennedy School, 2020, pp. 41-44.
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NUPI Policy Brief 4/2020, 4 p.
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Energi og Klima, 20.1.2020. In Norwegian.
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IN MEDIA
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Kinas kvotesystem trer i kraft 1.februar (China to launch national carbon emissions trading scheme)
Energi og klima, 06.01.21. In Norwegian.
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Klimakrisen: Slår alarm om skrekktall (Climate crisis:Sounds the alarm concering ugly numbers)
Dagbladet, 06.12.20. In Norwegian.
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Ekspertintervjuet: Kinas nye plan (Expert interview: China's new plan)
Energi og klima, 19.11.20. In Norwegian
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Et uventet skritt, men svært positivt for klimaet ('An unexpected step from China, but very good for climate')
DN, 01.10.2020. In Norwegian.
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China pledges to be carbon neutral—but remains addicted to coal
Fortune, 24.09.2020