Academic Seminar
Professor Weiping LI from City University of Macau was invited to give a seminar titled “From few hands to many masks: Customer concentration and corporate ESG greenwashing".
the Third China Energy and Climate Finance 30 Forum
Professor Yangsiyu Lu was invited to attend the Third China Energy and Climate Finance 30 Forum, where she delivered a presentation titled “Shine on Small Mines: Size-Based Economic Effects of Coal Mine Closure” in the Outstanding Young Scholars Sub-Forum.
CNCC Green Bag
PhD student Chenglin Li participated in CNCC Green Bag and delivered a talk about “Shine on Small Mines: Size-Based Economic Effects of Coal Mine Closure”.
New Publication
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to Professor Yangsiyu Lu and PhD student Yang Zhang!
Dissertation Oral Defense
We warmly congratulate MPhil student Xin Li on the successful completion of her dissertation oral defense and graduation from the MPhil program.
Academic Seminar
PhD candidate Zhenhuan Yang presented his research at an internal Northwestern Polytechnical University seminar via an online platform. His work, preliminarily entitled “Identifying Climate Adaptation Projects in Local Government Bonds Using AI-Supported Text Analysis,” was conducted in collaboration with Siyuan FAN and Professor Yangsiyu LU. He exchanged viewpoints and discussed LLM-related topics with attending scholars.
The 3rd CSBF Conference
PhD candidate Zhenhuan Yang was invited to present his research titled “Raining on Bond: The Impact of Extreme Rain on Local Financing Costs” at the 3rd Conference on Sustainable Banking & Finance(CSBF), held at the University of Naples “Parthenope” in Naples (Napoli), Italy, from July 1 to 2.
The 46th IAEE Conference
PhD candidate Jiao Xiong was invited to present her co-authored research with Professor Yangsiyu Lu, titled “Technical Change from Fossil-Fuel to Renewable Innovation: Evidence from Offshore Energy,” at the 46th International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Conference, held in Paris, France, from June 15 to 18.
EAERE Annual Conference
PhD candidate Zhenhuan Yang was invited to present his co-authored research with Professor Yangsiyu Lu, titled “Raining on Bond: The Impact of Extreme Rain on Local Financing Costs,” at the 2025 Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), held in Bergen, Norway, from June 16 to 19.
2025 ICEF Conference
MPhil student Siyuan Fan was invited to present her co-authored research with Professor Yangsiyu Lu, titled “Identifying Climate Adaptation Projects in Local Government Bonds: Using AI-Supported Text Analysis,” at the 2025 International Conference on Climate and Energy Finance (ICEF), held in Guangzhou, China, from June 13 to 15.