Biography:

Dr. YANG Xiu is the associate senior researcher and research director at Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ICCSD) at Tsinghua University. From 2012 to 2020, she worked for China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation where she was appointed the Director of Policy and Regulation and senior researcher. She received her bachelors and Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, received her Ph.D in Engineering in 2010 January.

Dr. Yang is a member of the review expert team (RETs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the main author of the fourth national climate change assessment report has long been engaged in research on energy economics, energy and environmental policies, and analysis of climate change related strategies and policies. She has led and participated in a number of key research projects in the field of energy and climate change policy, including legislations to address climate change, total greenhouse gas emission control system, low carbon city indicator system, energy revolution and climate change, and pilot assessment of low carbon provinces and cities.

Academic Achievement:

[1] Fan Yang, Xiu Yang*, Xiaofeng Li, Bidirectional Allocation method of provincial carbon emission allowances under China's 2030 carbon peak target: from equity and efficiency perspective, Advances in Climate Change Research, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2025.04.018.

[2] Fan Yang, Xiu Yang*, Xiaofeng Li, China's diverse energy transition pathways toward carbon neutrality by 2060, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Volume 47, 2024, Pages 236-250

[3] Zhao Yunting, Yang Xiu*, Song Yang. Research progress review on co-benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Environmental Protection, 2024, 52(19):48-54. DOI:10.14026/j.cnki.0253-9705.2024.19.018.

[4] F Li, S Uthes, X Yang, Y P Lai, and N N Gao, Validating the usefulness and calibration of a two-dimensional situation model of urgency-adaptability for cities responding to climate change — Taking Shenzhen as case study, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 351 (2019) 012025

[5] Yang Fan, Yang Xiu*. Research method construction of urban carbon neutrality path based on accounting model — A case study of Chengdu . Urban Studies, 2023, 30(06):113-123.

[6] Yang Shanshan, Guo Hao, Yang Xiu*, et al. Thoughts and prospects on establishing a total carbon emission control system under the dual carbon goals . Advances in Climate Change Research, 2023, 19(02):191-202.

[7] Wang Xuechun, Yang Xiu*. Collaborative governance in climate change adaptation actions — A comparative analysis based on international cases . Environmental Protection, 2020, 48(13):34-40.

[8] Fu Lin, Yang Xiu*, Di Zhou. Practices, experiences, challenges, and suggestions in the construction of China's low-carbon community pilots. Environmental Protection, 2020, 48(22):62-66.

[9] Fu Lin, Zhou Zeyu, Yang Xiu*. International experience and enlightenment of climate change adaptation policy mechanisms . Advances in Climate Change Research, 2020, 16(05):641-651.

[10] Yang Xiu, Fu Lin, Zhang Dongyu. Construction and application of an evaluation index system for climate change adaptation . Yuejiang Academic Journal, 2020, 12(02):83-98+130.

[11] Fu Lin, Zhang Dongyu, Yang Xiu*, Research on the evaluation index system of low-carbon communities, Environmental Protection, 2019, Issue 15, 39-46

[12] Yang Xiu, Wang Xuechun, Zhou Zeyu, Development path of Chinese low-carbon cities based on index evaluation, Advances in Climate Change Research 9 (2018) 144-153

[13] Yang Lei, Yang Xiu*. Research on the construction of carbon emission management standard system . Advances in Climate Change Research, 2018, 14 (3): 281-286.

[14] Yang Xiu, Wang Xuechun, Tian Danyu, Zhou Zeyu, Practical progress and suggestions on regional low-carbon development in China, Environmental Protection, August 2018

[15] Huimin Li, Jie Wang, Xiu Yang*, Yufei Wang, Tong Wu, A Holistic Overview of the Progress of China's Low-Carbon City Pilots, Sustainable Cities and Society，Volume 42, Oct.2018, 289-300