Energy and environmental policy; Climate change governance; sustainable development.

Ph.D., 2014/08, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University

Master of Science, 2012/01, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University

Bachelor of Science, 2009/07, College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

   

Professor, July 2024 to present, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor/Innovation Professor, December 2017 to July 2024, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Associate, December 2017 to June 2019, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Giorgio Ruffolo Postdoctoral Research Fellow, September 2015 to November 2017, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Project: The potential of cap-and-trade system in addressing air pollution and greenhouse gas emission in China: institutional and economic analyses

Research assistant, June 2015 to August 2015, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Project: Bilateral Cooperation between China and the United States: Facilitating Progress on Climate-Change Policy

Post-doctoral researcher, August 2014 to June 2015, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Project consultant, August 2014 to June 2015, Winrock International, USA

Research assistant, September 2010 to August 2011, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

*: Corresponding author; #: co-first author.

1.       Zhang, Huawei, Yang Ou, Muzhen Ren, Yan Sun, and Pu Wang*. 2026. 'Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia requires ambitious climate targets combined with sustainability-focused measures', Communications Earth & Environment, 7: 126.

2.       Sun, Yan, Pu Wang*, Xinzhu Zheng*, Huawei Zhang, and Muhua Li. 2026. 'Integrating Regional Equitable Transition into China’s Pursuit of Carbon Neutrality and Air Quality Goals', Environmental Science & Technology, 60: 388-99.

3.       Ren, Muzhen, Huawei Zhang, Lu Zhang, Junjie Xu, and Pu Wang*. 2026. 'Rethinking China's power decarbonization pathway under new socioeconomic uncertainties: A multi-objective perspective via bottom-up modelling and scenario analysis', Energy, 346: 140199.

4.       Li, Muhua, Yan Sun, Yan Xia, Zhaofu Yang, Chuxin Chen, Yongna Yuan*, and Pu Wang*. 2026. 'The impacts of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on international trade and policy responses: from an economic and environmental equity perspective', Energy Policy, 210: 115014.

5.       Ling, Dayi, Dingyi Wang, Pu Wang, Xudong Guo, Lihong Liu, Bin He, Ligang Hu, and Guibin Jiang. 2025. 'Life Cycle Assessment of 3D Printing for Precision Analytical Instrument Components: Carbon Emission Reduction Potential in ICP-MS Spray Chamber Manufacturing', ACS Sustainable Resource Management, 2: 1731-41.

6.       Liu, Dachuan, Pu Wang*, Yan Sun, Huawei Zhang, and Shanqing Xu. 2024. 'Co-abatement of carbon and air pollutants emissions in China’s iron and steel industry under carbon neutrality scenarios', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 191: 114140.

7.       Chen, Yan, Michael Davidson, Yu Liu, Dachuan Liu, Huawei Zhang, Chaozi Wang, Xinyu Fan, Muzhen Ren, and Pu Wang*. 2024. 'Maximizing the environmental benefits of gas power development in China: A multidisciplinary modeling approach', iScience, 27: 111041.

8.       Yin, Yuxin, Dingxiang Zhang, Mengye Zhu, Huawei Zhang, Dachuan Liu, Yan Sun, Huaqi Zhong, Muzhen Ren, and Pu Wang*. 2024. 'Improving land-use efficiency of solar power in China and policy implications', Solar Energy, 280: 112867.

9.       Zhu, Mengye, Steven J Smith, Minpeng Chen, Meredydd Evans, Qimin Chai, Fei Teng, Pu Wang, Xinzhao Cheng, Wenli Li, and Jenna Behrendt. 2024. 'A comparative review of methane policies of the United States and China in the context of US–China climate cooperation', Climate Policy: 1-19.

10.    Wang, Pu*, Dachuan Liu, Arideep Mukherjee, Madhoolika Agrawal, Huawei Zhang, Evgenios Agathokleous, Xue Qiao, Xiaobin Xu, Yan Chen, Tong Wu, Mengye Zhu, Eri Saikawa, Shashi Bhushan Agrawal, and Zhaozhong Feng*. 2023. 'Air pollution governance in China and India: Comparison and implications', Environmental Science & Policy, 142: 112-20.

11.   Zhu, Mengye, Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Leon Clarke, Kathryn Hochstetler, Nathan Hultman, Adrien Vogt-Schilb, and Pu Wang. 2023. 'Bridging the global stocktake gap of climate mitigation: A framework to measure political economy progress', One Earth, 6: 1104-30.

12.   Sun, Xiaopu, Pu Wang^#, Tad Ferris, Hui Lin, Gabrielle Dreyfus, Bai-He Gu, Durwood Zaelke, and Yi Wang. 2022. 'Fast action on short-lived climate pollutants and nature-based solutions to help countries meet carbon neutrality goals', Advances in Climate Change Research, 13: 564-77.

13.    Wang, Pu*, Cheng-Kuan Lin, Yi Wang*, Dachuan Liu, Dunjiang Song, and Tong Wu. 2021. 'Location-specific co-benefits of carbon emissions reduction from coal-fired power plants in China', Nature communications, 12: 1-11.

14.    Wang, Pu*. 2021. 'China's air pollution policies: Progress and challenges', Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 19: 100227.

15.   Teng, Fei, and Pu Wang. 2021. 'The evolution of climate governance in China: drivers, features, and effectiveness', Environmental Politics, 30: 141-61.

16.   Liu, Dachuan, Yan Li, Pengfei Wang, Huaqi Zhong, and Pu Wang*. 2021. 'Sustainable Agriculture Development in Northwest China Under the Impacts of Global Climate Change', Frontiers in Nutrition, 8.

17.   Gu, Bai-He, X. Tan, Pu Wang, A. N. Yan, J. Guo, and X. Song. 2021. 'Building a Low-carbon Development Policy System towards Carbon Neutrality', Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 35: 19.

18.   Yang, Mingyue, Shikui Dong, Quanming Dong, Pu Wang, Wenting Liu, and Xinyue Zhao. 2020. 'Cooperative grassland management practices promoted by land tenure system transformation benefit social-ecological systems of pastoralism on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China', Journal of environmental management, 261: 110215.

19.   Chen, Yan, Jintao Xu, and Pu Wang*. 2020. 'Shale gas potential in China: A production forecast of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation and implications for future development', Energy Policy, 147: 111868.

20.    Wang, Pu, Lei Liu, Xianchun Tan, Zhu Liu, . (2019). “The Key to Success for China’s Cap-and-Trade System.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 10(5), e599.

21.    Wang, Pu* & Wolf, Steven. A. (2019). A targeted approach to payments for ecosystem services. Global Ecology and Conservation, 17, e00577.

22.    Wang, Pu, Lei Liu, and Tong Wu. (2018). A review of China’s climate governance: state, market and civil society. Climate Policy, 18(5), 664-679.

23.   Lin, C.-K., Lin, R.-T., Chen, P.-C., Wang, Pu, De Marcellis-Warin, N., Zigler, C., & Christiani, D. C. (2018). A Global Perspective on Sulfur Oxide Controls in Coal-Fired Power Plants and Cardiovascular Disease. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 2611. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20404-2

24.    Wang, Pu*, Gregory L. Poe, and Steven A. Wolf. (2017). Payments for Ecosystem Services and Wealth Distribution. Ecological Economics, 132, 63-68.

25.   Liu, Lei, Wang, Pu, & Wu, Tong. (2017). The role of nongovernmental organizations in China's climate change governance. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 8(6), e483.

26.    Wang, Pu*, Steven A. Wolf, James P. Lassoie, Gregory L. Poe, Stephen J. Morreale, Xukun Su, and Shikui Dong. (2016). Promise and reality of market-based environmental policy in China: Empirical analyses of the ecological restoration program on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Global Environmental Change, 39, 35-44.

27.    Wang, Pu*, James P. Lassoie, Stephen J. Morreale, and Shikui Dong. (2015). A critical review of socioeconomic and natural factors in ecological degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. The Rangeland Journal, 37(1), 1-9.

28.    Wang, Pu*, Steven A. Wolf, James P. Lassoie, and Shikui Dong. (2013). Compensation policy for displacement caused by dam construction in China: an institutional analysis. Geoforum, 48, 1-9.

29.    Wang, Pu*, James P. Lassoie, Shikui Dong, and Stephen J. Morreale. (2013). A framework for social impact analysis of large dams: A case study of cascading dams on the Upper-Mekong River, China. Journal of environmental management, 117, 131-140.

30.    Wang, Pu, Jianjun Wu, Jianliang Nie, Fanming Kong, Huiyan Ding, and Luihui Zhao. (2010). A comparative study of the capabilities of different vegetation water indices in monitoring water status of wheat. In Chinese. Remote Sensing for Land & Resources, 3 (2010): 97-100.

1. Lee, Henry, Daniel P Schrag, Matthew Bunn, Pu Wang, Wei Peng, Michael Davidson, and Zhimin Mao. 2021. Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China (Cambridge University Press).

2. Wang, Pu, Shikui Dong, and James P. Lassoie, J. (2014). The Large Dam Dilemma: An Exploration of the Impacts of Hydro Projects on People and the Environment in China. Springer.

3. Wang, Pu. (2017) Comparative study of cap-and-trade policies in China and the United States. Chapter in The Art of Taichi: Comparing Climate Change Responding Strategies Between China and the United States. Edited by Chengchan Tian. In Chinese. People’s Publishing House.