Publications
I regularly write on topics at the nexus of climate change and geopolitics, ranging from Chinese domestic climate and energy policies to climate diplomacy between China, Europe, the US, and South-South cooperation.
op-ed in Renewable Matters’ bimonthly publication, May 2026
co-authored with Lauri Myllyvirta, March 2026
co-authored with Lauri Myllyvirta in Carbon Brief, February 2026
co-authored with Qi Qin, CREA and Christine Shearer, GEM, February 2026
co-authored with Xunpeng Shi, International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS) and Qi Qin, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, November 2025
op-ed as part of a dossier titled: EU-China Relations: Bound by Clean Tech or Divided by It?, by the Beijing Representative Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, November 2025
co-authored with Lauri Myllyvirta, Heinrich Boell Foundation, October 2025
co-authored with Yang Ou (Peking University), Hanns Seidel Foundation China, September 2025
contributed to report co-authored by Qi Qin, CREA and Christine Shearer, GEM, August 2025
co-authored with Xinyi Shen, July 2025
co-authored with Martin Voss and Barbara Pongratz, Dialogue Earth, July 2025
co-authored with Lauri Myllyvirta, June 2025
Urge for reform: blast furnace glut in China erodes profitability and hinders green steel transition
co-authored with Xinyi Shen, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Global Energy Monitor, February 2025
contributed to briefing co-authored by Qi Qin and Christine Shearer, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Global Energy Monitor, February 2025
co-authored with Chengcheng Qiu, Dialogue Earth, December 2024
contributed to briefing authored by Daniel Nesan, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, November 2024
co-authored with Lauri Myllyvirta, Qi Qin, Xinyi Shen, and Chengcheng Qiu, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, November 2024
co-authored with Lauri Myllyvirta, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, October 2024
co-authored with Cathy Haenlein and Dan Marks, RUSI, October 2024
contributed to briefing co-authored by Qi Qin and Christine Shearer, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Global Energy Monitor, August 2024
co-authored with Xinyi Shen, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, July 2024
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, July 2024
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, August 2024
Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), June 2024
co-authored with Byford Tsang, in “EU-China relations at a crossroads: Vol. II: Decoding complexity, mitigating risk” as part of EU & China Think-Tank Exchanges, coordinated by the European Policy Centre, July 2023
co-authored with Byford Tsang and Alexandra Hackbarth, E3G, April 2023
co-authored with Oyku Senlen, Leo Roberts, Chris Littlecott, Camilla Fenning, Byford Tsang, Anusha Mata, Katrine Tilgaard Petersen, Sasha Kinney, Hannah Blitzer, and Samora Levy, E3G, March 2023
co-authored with Jule Könneke, Euractiv, February 2023
co-authored with Byford Tsang and Alexandra Hackbarth, E3G, October 2022
co-authored with Byford Tsang, China Dialogue, May 2022
co-authored with Jule Könneke, CHOICE (China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe), March 2022
co-authored with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Léa Pilsner, and Byford Tsang, in “Building Europe’s Strategic Autonomy vis-à-vis China”, Jacques Delors Institute, December 2021
co-authored with Domien Vangenechten, China Dialogue, November 2021
co-authored with Ines Benomar, Tom Evans, Jule Könneke, and Claire McConnell, E3G, October 2021
co-authored with Tom Evans, Alex Scott, Leo Roberts, Iskander Erzini Vernoit, Jennifer Tollmann, Byford Tsang, and Sarah Jackson, E3G, September 2021
co-authored with Byford Tsang, Domien Vangenechten, Adrien Assous, Thomas Burns, E3G and Sandbag, August 2021
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