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.
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.
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.
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.
PhD candidate Yang ZHANG was invited to present his co-authored research with Professor Yangsiyu LU, titled “Global Potential of Mine Photovoltaic Systems for Sustainable Energy Transition”, at the the 43rd edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW), held in Nara, Japan, from June 10 to 13.
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".
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