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.
Professor Yangsiyu Lu was invited to visit the LEFMI UPJV Laboratory at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV) in Amiens, France, where she delivered an academic presentation titled “Raining on Bonds: The Impact of Extreme Rainfall on Local Financing Costs.”
PhD student Zhenhuan Yang was invited to present his research titled “Raining on Bond: The Impact of Extreme Rainfall on Local Financing Costs,” co-authored with Professor Yangsiyu Lu, at the 4th Annual Conference of the Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (CAERE), held on May 17–18 and hosted by the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
Congratulations to MPhil student Siyuan Fan!
Siyuan Fan, the first graduate from our EICP group, has successfully passed her dissertation oral defense. Her work was built on a solid and thought-provoking research project titled “Identifying Climate Adaptation Projects in Local Government Bonds: Using AI-Supported Text Analysis.” Siyuan’s contributions have set a strong example for future students.
Professor Johannes Van Biesebroeck from KU Leuven (Belgium) was invited to give a seminar titled “Imperfect (Re)allocation in Imperfect Markets: Evidence from China’s Pilot Carbon ETS”.
MPhil student Siyuan Fan participated in CNCC Green Bag and delivered a talk about “Identifying Climate Adaptation Projects in Local Government Bonds Using LLMs".
Professor Yangsiyu Lu published a column article titled “Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Productivity? Evidence from China’s Industrial Sector” on VoxChina.
Professor Pan He from Cardiff University was invited to give a seminar titled “The Global Food-Environment-Health Nexus: A Consumption-Side Perspective".
Professor Chi Man YIP from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University was invited to give a seminar titled “When Porter Goes Broke: Finance and Innovation Under Climate Risk".
Professor Dayong Zhang from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics was invited to give a seminar on “Climate Risks and Financial Markets” and to attend our group meeting.
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