Monograph:
3. Cooke, S., Y. Xu, 2023 (Forthcoming), The Trillion Dollar Stake of Carbon Neutrality: Energy Infrastructures in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, World Scientific, Singapore.
2. Wong, P.T., Y. Xu, 2022. Residential Electricity Consumption in Urbanizing China: Time Use and Climate-Friendly Living. Routledge, London. 1st edition. 182 pages. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429291708
1. Xu, Y., 2020. Environmental Policy and Air Pollution in China: Governance and Strategy, Routledge, London. 1st edition. 212 pages. [Open Access. Download the eBook: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429452154]
[A translated version in Chinese will be published by China’s Science Press in 2023.]
Peer-reviewed Papers in SCI/SSCI journals:
Fulltexts are available upon email request.
Underlined names indicate my students, postdocs or research assistants when the research was done; * indicates corresponding author
2023:
45. Sambasivam, B., Y. Xu*, 2023. Reducing solar PV curtailment through demand-side management and economic dispatch in Karnataka, India. Energy Policy 172, 113334.
2022:
44. Xu, Y., T. Sharma*, 2022. Explaining expedited energy transition toward renewables by COVID-19 in India. Energy Policy. 165: 112986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112986
43. Rakhiemah, A.N., Y. Xu*. 2022. Economic viability of full-chain CCUS-EOR in Indonesia. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 106069.
2021:
42. Sharma, T., Y. Xu*, 2021. Domestic and International CO2 Source-Sink Matching for Decarbonizing India’s Electricity. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 174: 105824.
41. Pan, G., Y. Xu*, B. Huang, 2021. Evaluating national and subnational CO2 mitigation goals in China’s thirteenth five-year plan from satellite observations. Environment International. 56, 106771.
40. Xu, Y.*, L. Zhu, D. Chang, M. Tsimplis, C. Greig, S. Wright, 2021. International chains of CO2 capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in a carbon-neutral world. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 167, 105433
39. Yan, X., Y. Xu*, 2021. SO2 mitigation in China’s coal-fired power plants: A satellite-based assessment on compliance and enforcement. Atmospheric Environment, 118396
38.Pan, G., Y. Xu*, J. Ma, 2021. The potential of CO2 satellite monitoring for climate governance: A review. Journal of Environmental Management, 277: 111423.
2020:
37.Chung, S.Y., Y. Xu *, 2020. Reliability and resilience in a regulated electricity market: Hong Kong under Typhoon Mangkhut. Utilities Policy, 67: 101134.
36.Wang, Y.Q., Yang, H.Z., Liu, J.F., Xu, Y., Wang, X.J., Ma, J.M., Xu, J.Y., Yi, K., Tao, S., 2020. Analysis of multiple drivers of air pollution emissions in China via interregional trade. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244.
2019:
[Papers 34-35 are included in the journal's Special Issue: Renewable Energy and Electricity. The three authors of the synthesis paper were the guest editors]
[Synthesis paper for the special issue] Xu, Y.*, T. Ancev*, R. Betz*, 2019. Sustainable Energy Transition toward Renewables: Drivers and Hurdles. Energy Policy.
35. Li, A., Y.Xu *, H. Shiroyama, 2019. Solar lobby and energy transition in Japan. Energy Policy. 134: 110950. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZeBQ14YGgbVgT
34. Zhu, L., Y. Xu *, Y. Pan, 2019. Enabled comparative advantage strategy in China's solar PV development. Energy Policy. 133: 110880. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZRiB14YGgbVUA
33. Yao, X., Y. Fan, Y. Xu, X. Zhang, L. Zhu, L. Feng, 2019. Is it worth to invest? -An evaluation of CTL-CCS project in China based on real options. Energy. 182:920-931.
32. Guo, M., Y. Xu, Y. D. Chen, 2019. Environmental enforcement and compliance in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale gas development. Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 144: 24–31.
2018:
31. Guo, M., Y. Xu*, 2018. Coal-to-liquids projects in China under water and carbon constraints. Energy Policy. 117: 58-65.
30. Yang, H., J. Liu*, K. Jiang, J. Meng, D. Guan, Y. Xu, S. Tao, 2018. Multi-objective analysis of the co-mitigation of CO2 and PM2.5 pollution by China's iron and steel industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 185: 331-341.
29. Zhang, W., Z. Lu, Y. Xu, C. Wang, Y. Gu, H. Xu, D. G. Streets*, 2018. Black carbon emissions from biomass and coal in rural China. Atmospheric Environment. 176: 158–170.
28. Kwok, T.F., Y. Xu*, X. Liu, Y. Leung, 2018. The impacts of economic structure on China’s carbon dioxide emissions: an analysis with reference to other East Asian Economies. Climate Policy . https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2017.1418282.
27. Zhang, W., A. Li, Y. Xu*, J. Liu, 2018. The theory-practice gap of black carbon mitigation technologies in rural China. Atmospheric Environment. 174:122-131.
2017:
26. Liu, X., Y. Leung, Y. Xu, L. C. W. Yung, 2017. The effect of carbon tax on carbon emission abatement and GDP: a case study. Journal of Geographical Systems. 19(4): 399-414.
25. Kwok, T. F., C. H. Yeung, Y. Xu *, 2017. Swaying Public Opinion on Nuclear Energy: A Field Experiment in Hong Kong. Utilities Policy. 46: 48-57.
24. Wong, T.Y., Y. Xu *, Y. Chang, 2017. Cross-Boundary Air Pollution Control under "One Country, Two Systems": Perspectives from Hong Kong-Guangdong Collaboration, The Singapore Economic Review. 63(1):1-25.
23. Liu, X., Z. Yuan*, Y. Xu, S. Jiang, 2017. Greening cement in China: A cost-effective roadmap. Applied Energy. 189: 233-244.
22. Kwok, T. F., Y. Xu*, P. T. Wong, 2017. Complying with Voluntary Energy Conservation Agreements (II): Lighting in Hong Kong's Shopping Malls. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 117: 225-234.
21. Kwok, T. F., Y. Xu*, P. T. Wong, 2017. Complying with Voluntary Energy Conservation Agreements (I): Air Conditioning in Hong Kong's Shopping Malls. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 117: 213-224.
[Papers 19-20 are included in the journal's Special Issue: Environmental Challenges and Potential Solutions of China’s Power Sector. The four authors of the summary paper were the guest editors]
[Summary paper of the special issue] He. G.*, H. Zhang, Y. Xu, X. Lu, 2017. Editorial: Clean power transition in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 117: 262-263
20. He, G.*, H. Zhang*, Y. Xu*, X. Lu*, 2017. China’s clean power transition: Current status and future prospect. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 121: 3-10.
19. Guo, M., Y. Xu*, Y. D. Chen, 2017. Catching environmental noncompliance in shale gas development in China and the United States. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
2016:
18. Meng, J., J. Liu*, Y. Xu, D. Guan, Y. Huang, S. Tao, 2016. Globalization and Pollution: Tele-connecting Local Primary PM2.5 Emissions to Global Consumption. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 472: 20160380.
17. Guo, M., X. Lu*, C. P. Nielsen, M. B. McElroy, W. Shi, Y. Chen, Y. Xu, 2016. Potential for Shale Gas Production in China: Demands for Water. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review. 66: 742–750.
16. Li, Y., J. Meng, J. Liu*, Y. Xu, D. Guan, W. Tao, Y. Huang, S. Tao, 2016. Interprovincial Reliance for Improving Air Quality in China: A Case Study on Black Carbon Aerosol, Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (7): 4118–4126.
15. Wang, H., Z. Dong*, Y. Xu*, C. Ge, 2016. Eco-compensation for Watershed Services in China, Water International, 41(2): 271-289.
14. Zhang, B.*, H. Fei, P. He, Y. Xu*, Z. Dong, O. R. Young, 2016. The Indecisive Role of the Market in China's SO2 and COD Emissions Trading Markets, Environmental Politics, 25(5): 875-898.
13. Cui, Y.-Z., Lin, J.-T.*, Song, C., Liu, M.-Y., Yan, Y.-Y., Xu, Y., and Huang, B., 2016. Rapid growth in nitrogen dioxide pollution over Western China, 2005–2013, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 6207–6221.
2015:
12. Xu, Y.*, G. Liu, 2015. Carbon capture and storage for Hong Kong's fuel mix. Utilities Policy, 36: 43-45
11. Meng, J., J. Liu*, Y. Xu and S. Tao, 2015. Tracing Primary PM2.5 emissions via Chinese supply chains. Environmental Research Letters 10(5): 054005.
10. Wu, D., Y. Xu*, Y. Leung, and C.-W. Yung, 2015. The Behavioral Impacts of Firm-level Energy-conservation Goals in China’s 11th Five-Year Plan. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(1):85–92.
9. Wu, D., Y. Xu, S. Zhang*, 2015. Will joint regional air pollution control be more cost-effective? An empirical study of China's Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. Journal of Environmental Management, 149:27–36.
2013:
8. Xu, Y. *, 2013. Comparative advantage strategy for rapid pollution mitigation in China, Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (17): 9596–9603
7. Xu, Y.*, Yang, C.-J., and Xuan, X., 2013. Engineering and optimization approaches to enhance the thermal efficiency of coal electricity generation in China, Energy Policy, 60: 356–363.
6. Xu, Y.*, 2013. Using performance indicators to reduce cost uncertainty of China's CO2 mitigation goals, Energy Policy, 53: 454–461.
2011:
5. Xu, Y. *, 2011. China’s functioning market for sulfur dioxide scrubbing technologies, Environmental Science & Technology, 45(21): 9161–9167.
4. Xu, Y. *, 2011. Improvements in the operation of SO2 scrubbers in China’s coal power plants, Environmental Science & Technology, 45(2): 380–385.
3. Xu, Y. *, 2011. The use of a goal for SO2 mitigation planning and management in China’s 11th Five-Year Plan, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 54(6): 769-783.
2009:
2. Xu, Y. *, R.H. Williams, R.H. Socolow, 2009. China’s Rapid Deployment of SO2 Scrubbers, Energy and Environmental Science, 2, 459-465.
2007:
1. Qian, W. H., X. Lin, Y.F. Zhu, Y. Xu, and J. L. Fu, 2007. Climatic regime shift and decadal anomalous events in China, Climatic Change, 84:167-189.
Policy Notes in SCI/SSCI journals:
Other Publications (book chapters, conference proceedings, newspaper articles and other peer-reviewed journal publications)
Research funding:
As a principal investigator (PI):
Co-PI (responsible for Sub-Project No. 4), Project title: Demonstration of green development monitoring and diagnosis optimization in megacities; Reference No.: 2022YFB3903700; Granting Agency: National Key R&D Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China; Total amount: RMB 4,200,000 (Sub-Project No. 4’s total funding), 1/12/2022 – 30/11/2026.
June 2019 – June 2021, Research Sustainability of Major RGC Funding Schemes (RSFS): China Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Matching CO2 Sources and Storage Sites along the Maritime Silk Road; Total amount: HK$480,000. (Co-Investigators: Anatole Boute (CUHK), Carlos Lo (CUHK), Jing Song (CUHK), Christine Loh (CUHK), Jin Shang (CityU), Michael Tsimplis (CityU), Lei Zhu (Beihang U), Daejun Chang (KAIST), Steve Wright (HBKU, Qatar))
July 2018 – Jun 2020, Direct Grant for Research, Social Science Panel, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: China-India Technology Collaboration for Renewable Energy under the Belt and Road Initiative; Total amount: HK$100,000. (Co-Investigator: Shreekant Gupta (University of Delhi))
Jan 2018 – Dec 2018, Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund; Title: Wind or Solar? The Political Economy of Fuel Competition between Renewables; Total amount: £10,000 (plus matching fund); (co-investigators: Tihomir Ancev (Sydney), Anatole Boute (CUHK), Chunbo Ma (UWA), Peter G. Taylor (Leeds), Chu Wei (RUC), Armida Alisjahbana (UNPAD), Gilles Lepesant (CNRS), Rainer Quitzow (IASS), Hideaki Shiroyama (Tokyo), David Victor (UCSD), Ambuj Sagar (IIT Delhi))
Jan 2017 – Dec 2019, General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council; Title: Integrating satellite data for compliance monitoring on CO2, SO2 and NOx in China's emission hotspots: A case study; Total amount: HK$907,488
Jan 2016 – Dec 2017, Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2015/16, Hong Kong Research Grants Council; Title: The National Strategies in China and Germany to Utilize Solar Energy and Develop Photovoltaic Industries; Total: HK$89,600.
Jan 2016 – Dec 2017, General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council; Title: Measuring and narrowing the gaps between reality and the ideal: residential black carbon mitigation in rural China; Total amount: HK$390,000; (Additional funding: Jan 2016 – Jun 2017, Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Total amount: HK$246,413)
Apr 2015 – Dec 2015, Research Fund on Evaluating and Managing Environmental Performance in China, The Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, The Ministry of Environmental Protection of China; Title: Theoretical exploration on managing environmental performance; Total amount: RMB 80,000
Aug 2015 – Jul 2016, National Geographic Air and Water Conservation Fund, National Geographic Society; Title: Repair the roof before it rains -- Regulating water consumption and pollution for shale gas development in Xinjiang; Total amount: US$17,625
Jun 2015 – Nov 2015, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Central Policy Unit; Title: Enforcing and Complying with Voluntary Agreements as an Alternative Environmental Policy Instrument; Total amount: HK$195,332
Sep 2014 – Aug 2016, South China Programme, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Defining the Relationship between the Sate and the Market for Effective Pollutant Emission Trading in China; Total amount: HK$151,080
May 2014 – Dec 2014, Grant for Applying Environmental Strategic Research, The Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, The Ministry of Environmental Protection of China; Title: Theories for managing the performance of environmental governance; Total amount: RMB 100,000
Aug 2014 – Jul 2016, Social Science Collaborative Research Fund, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Conformists or Deviants? – The Behavior and Underlying Mechanisms of Polluting Firms in the Pearl River Delta Region; Total amount: HK$172,074
Jun 2014 – May 2016, Direct Grant for Research, Social Science Panel, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Using remote sensing technologies to screen China's coal-fired power plants for environmental policy enforcement; Total amount: HK$69,600
Jan 2011 – Dec 2012, Direct Grant for Research, Social Science Panel, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Competition between China and the United States in a carbon-constrained world; Total amount: HK$58,320; Code: C001-2021063
Summer 2009, Dissertation Research Travel fund, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University; Title: China’s SO2 emission goal and SO2 scrubbers in the 11th Five-Year Plan; Total amount: US$1,000
As a co-investigator (co-I):
Project title: Risk Management and Response along Extreme Weather and Climate Disaster Chains in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area; Reference No.: 2019YFC1510400; Granting Agency: National Key R&D Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China; Total amount: RMB 425,000, 1/1/2020 – 31/12/2023.
Project title: Evaluating and Managing Earthquake and Environmental Risks associated with Shale Gas Development; Reference No.: N/A; Granting agency: CUHK Faculty of Science Collaborative Research Impact Matching Scheme (CRIMS); 25/8/2020 – 31/5/2022, Total amount: HK$250,000
Jan 2014 – Dec 2014, Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Fund Grants 2013, Title: Developing compatible energy and climate strategies; Total amount: £8,000
Jan 2012 – Aug 2016, National Basic Research Program of China ("973"); Title: The mechanism complexity, the new integrated assessment model and policy simulation platform on climate change economics; Total amount: RMB20,000,000; Code: 2012CB955800
3. Cooke, S., Y. Xu, 2023 (Forthcoming), The Trillion Dollar Stake of Carbon Neutrality: Energy Infrastructures in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, World Scientific, Singapore.
2. Wong, P.T., Y. Xu, 2022. Residential Electricity Consumption in Urbanizing China: Time Use and Climate-Friendly Living. Routledge, London. 1st edition. 182 pages. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429291708
1. Xu, Y., 2020. Environmental Policy and Air Pollution in China: Governance and Strategy, Routledge, London. 1st edition. 212 pages. [Open Access. Download the eBook: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429452154]
[A translated version in Chinese will be published by China’s Science Press in 2023.]
Peer-reviewed Papers in SCI/SSCI journals:
Fulltexts are available upon email request.
Underlined names indicate my students, postdocs or research assistants when the research was done; * indicates corresponding author
2023:
45. Sambasivam, B., Y. Xu*, 2023. Reducing solar PV curtailment through demand-side management and economic dispatch in Karnataka, India. Energy Policy 172, 113334.
2022:
44. Xu, Y., T. Sharma*, 2022. Explaining expedited energy transition toward renewables by COVID-19 in India. Energy Policy. 165: 112986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112986
43. Rakhiemah, A.N., Y. Xu*. 2022. Economic viability of full-chain CCUS-EOR in Indonesia. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 106069.
2021:
42. Sharma, T., Y. Xu*, 2021. Domestic and International CO2 Source-Sink Matching for Decarbonizing India’s Electricity. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 174: 105824.
41. Pan, G., Y. Xu*, B. Huang, 2021. Evaluating national and subnational CO2 mitigation goals in China’s thirteenth five-year plan from satellite observations. Environment International. 56, 106771.
40. Xu, Y.*, L. Zhu, D. Chang, M. Tsimplis, C. Greig, S. Wright, 2021. International chains of CO2 capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in a carbon-neutral world. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 167, 105433
39. Yan, X., Y. Xu*, 2021. SO2 mitigation in China’s coal-fired power plants: A satellite-based assessment on compliance and enforcement. Atmospheric Environment, 118396
38.Pan, G., Y. Xu*, J. Ma, 2021. The potential of CO2 satellite monitoring for climate governance: A review. Journal of Environmental Management, 277: 111423.
2020:
37.Chung, S.Y., Y. Xu *, 2020. Reliability and resilience in a regulated electricity market: Hong Kong under Typhoon Mangkhut. Utilities Policy, 67: 101134.
36.Wang, Y.Q., Yang, H.Z., Liu, J.F., Xu, Y., Wang, X.J., Ma, J.M., Xu, J.Y., Yi, K., Tao, S., 2020. Analysis of multiple drivers of air pollution emissions in China via interregional trade. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244.
2019:
[Papers 34-35 are included in the journal's Special Issue: Renewable Energy and Electricity. The three authors of the synthesis paper were the guest editors]
[Synthesis paper for the special issue] Xu, Y.*, T. Ancev*, R. Betz*, 2019. Sustainable Energy Transition toward Renewables: Drivers and Hurdles. Energy Policy.
35. Li, A., Y.Xu *, H. Shiroyama, 2019. Solar lobby and energy transition in Japan. Energy Policy. 134: 110950. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZeBQ14YGgbVgT
34. Zhu, L., Y. Xu *, Y. Pan, 2019. Enabled comparative advantage strategy in China's solar PV development. Energy Policy. 133: 110880. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZRiB14YGgbVUA
33. Yao, X., Y. Fan, Y. Xu, X. Zhang, L. Zhu, L. Feng, 2019. Is it worth to invest? -An evaluation of CTL-CCS project in China based on real options. Energy. 182:920-931.
32. Guo, M., Y. Xu, Y. D. Chen, 2019. Environmental enforcement and compliance in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale gas development. Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 144: 24–31.
2018:
31. Guo, M., Y. Xu*, 2018. Coal-to-liquids projects in China under water and carbon constraints. Energy Policy. 117: 58-65.
30. Yang, H., J. Liu*, K. Jiang, J. Meng, D. Guan, Y. Xu, S. Tao, 2018. Multi-objective analysis of the co-mitigation of CO2 and PM2.5 pollution by China's iron and steel industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 185: 331-341.
29. Zhang, W., Z. Lu, Y. Xu, C. Wang, Y. Gu, H. Xu, D. G. Streets*, 2018. Black carbon emissions from biomass and coal in rural China. Atmospheric Environment. 176: 158–170.
28. Kwok, T.F., Y. Xu*, X. Liu, Y. Leung, 2018. The impacts of economic structure on China’s carbon dioxide emissions: an analysis with reference to other East Asian Economies. Climate Policy . https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2017.1418282.
27. Zhang, W., A. Li, Y. Xu*, J. Liu, 2018. The theory-practice gap of black carbon mitigation technologies in rural China. Atmospheric Environment. 174:122-131.
2017:
26. Liu, X., Y. Leung, Y. Xu, L. C. W. Yung, 2017. The effect of carbon tax on carbon emission abatement and GDP: a case study. Journal of Geographical Systems. 19(4): 399-414.
25. Kwok, T. F., C. H. Yeung, Y. Xu *, 2017. Swaying Public Opinion on Nuclear Energy: A Field Experiment in Hong Kong. Utilities Policy. 46: 48-57.
24. Wong, T.Y., Y. Xu *, Y. Chang, 2017. Cross-Boundary Air Pollution Control under "One Country, Two Systems": Perspectives from Hong Kong-Guangdong Collaboration, The Singapore Economic Review. 63(1):1-25.
23. Liu, X., Z. Yuan*, Y. Xu, S. Jiang, 2017. Greening cement in China: A cost-effective roadmap. Applied Energy. 189: 233-244.
22. Kwok, T. F., Y. Xu*, P. T. Wong, 2017. Complying with Voluntary Energy Conservation Agreements (II): Lighting in Hong Kong's Shopping Malls. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 117: 225-234.
21. Kwok, T. F., Y. Xu*, P. T. Wong, 2017. Complying with Voluntary Energy Conservation Agreements (I): Air Conditioning in Hong Kong's Shopping Malls. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 117: 213-224.
[Papers 19-20 are included in the journal's Special Issue: Environmental Challenges and Potential Solutions of China’s Power Sector. The four authors of the summary paper were the guest editors]
[Summary paper of the special issue] He. G.*, H. Zhang, Y. Xu, X. Lu, 2017. Editorial: Clean power transition in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 117: 262-263
20. He, G.*, H. Zhang*, Y. Xu*, X. Lu*, 2017. China’s clean power transition: Current status and future prospect. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 121: 3-10.
19. Guo, M., Y. Xu*, Y. D. Chen, 2017. Catching environmental noncompliance in shale gas development in China and the United States. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
2016:
18. Meng, J., J. Liu*, Y. Xu, D. Guan, Y. Huang, S. Tao, 2016. Globalization and Pollution: Tele-connecting Local Primary PM2.5 Emissions to Global Consumption. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 472: 20160380.
17. Guo, M., X. Lu*, C. P. Nielsen, M. B. McElroy, W. Shi, Y. Chen, Y. Xu, 2016. Potential for Shale Gas Production in China: Demands for Water. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review. 66: 742–750.
16. Li, Y., J. Meng, J. Liu*, Y. Xu, D. Guan, W. Tao, Y. Huang, S. Tao, 2016. Interprovincial Reliance for Improving Air Quality in China: A Case Study on Black Carbon Aerosol, Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (7): 4118–4126.
15. Wang, H., Z. Dong*, Y. Xu*, C. Ge, 2016. Eco-compensation for Watershed Services in China, Water International, 41(2): 271-289.
14. Zhang, B.*, H. Fei, P. He, Y. Xu*, Z. Dong, O. R. Young, 2016. The Indecisive Role of the Market in China's SO2 and COD Emissions Trading Markets, Environmental Politics, 25(5): 875-898.
13. Cui, Y.-Z., Lin, J.-T.*, Song, C., Liu, M.-Y., Yan, Y.-Y., Xu, Y., and Huang, B., 2016. Rapid growth in nitrogen dioxide pollution over Western China, 2005–2013, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 6207–6221.
2015:
12. Xu, Y.*, G. Liu, 2015. Carbon capture and storage for Hong Kong's fuel mix. Utilities Policy, 36: 43-45
11. Meng, J., J. Liu*, Y. Xu and S. Tao, 2015. Tracing Primary PM2.5 emissions via Chinese supply chains. Environmental Research Letters 10(5): 054005.
10. Wu, D., Y. Xu*, Y. Leung, and C.-W. Yung, 2015. The Behavioral Impacts of Firm-level Energy-conservation Goals in China’s 11th Five-Year Plan. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(1):85–92.
9. Wu, D., Y. Xu, S. Zhang*, 2015. Will joint regional air pollution control be more cost-effective? An empirical study of China's Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. Journal of Environmental Management, 149:27–36.
2013:
8. Xu, Y. *, 2013. Comparative advantage strategy for rapid pollution mitigation in China, Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (17): 9596–9603
7. Xu, Y.*, Yang, C.-J., and Xuan, X., 2013. Engineering and optimization approaches to enhance the thermal efficiency of coal electricity generation in China, Energy Policy, 60: 356–363.
6. Xu, Y.*, 2013. Using performance indicators to reduce cost uncertainty of China's CO2 mitigation goals, Energy Policy, 53: 454–461.
2011:
5. Xu, Y. *, 2011. China’s functioning market for sulfur dioxide scrubbing technologies, Environmental Science & Technology, 45(21): 9161–9167.
4. Xu, Y. *, 2011. Improvements in the operation of SO2 scrubbers in China’s coal power plants, Environmental Science & Technology, 45(2): 380–385.
3. Xu, Y. *, 2011. The use of a goal for SO2 mitigation planning and management in China’s 11th Five-Year Plan, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 54(6): 769-783.
2009:
2. Xu, Y. *, R.H. Williams, R.H. Socolow, 2009. China’s Rapid Deployment of SO2 Scrubbers, Energy and Environmental Science, 2, 459-465.
2007:
1. Qian, W. H., X. Lin, Y.F. Zhu, Y. Xu, and J. L. Fu, 2007. Climatic regime shift and decadal anomalous events in China, Climatic Change, 84:167-189.
Policy Notes in SCI/SSCI journals:
- Xu, Y. *, 2017. Climate Change as a Flagship Opportunity for Domestic Governance. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(4):1946–1947.
- Xu, Y.*, J. Liu*, 2016. Evaluating and addressing the leakage problems of black carbon mitigation in China's domestic sector, Environmental Science & Technology. 50(11): 5434–5435.
- Guo, M. , Y. Xu* and Y. Q. D. Chen, 2014. Fracking and Pollution: Can China Rescue Its Environment In Time? Environmental Science & Technology, 48(2): 891-892.
Other Publications (book chapters, conference proceedings, newspaper articles and other peer-reviewed journal publications)
- Li, A., Y. Xu, 2019. The governance for offshore wind in Japan. Energy Procedia. 158:297-301.
- Wu, D., Y. Xu, L. Liu, 2019. Proposing a new indicator to combat procrastination over CO2 mitigation in China. Carbon Management. DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2019.1620034.
- Peng, L., Y. Xu*, H. Zhong, T.W. Lim, F. Wu, 2018. Chronic Non-compliance and Ineffective Enforcement in Guangzhou. China Policy Journal. 1(1): 139-165.
- Guo, M., and Xu, Y., 2018. Shale gas development in China. In S. Raszewski (Ed.), International Political Economy of Oil and Gas: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Xu, Y., 4 June 2017. Trump’s climate loss is a huge gain for China, The Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/trumps-climate-loss-is-a-huge-gain-for-china/article35198923/
- Xu, Y., 2016. Understanding China’s climate change commitment, East Asia Forum. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/08/11/understanding-chinas-climate-change-commitment/
- Gregory Chow and Xu, Y., August 2014, Problems and solutions on China's environmental protection (鄒至莊，徐袁,中國的環保問題與對策,金融時報中文版; URL: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001057592?full=y)
- Xu, Y., J. Song, W. Zhang, 2014. Decomposing the impacts of time use on energy consumption. Energy Procedia, 61:1888-1892. [URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.235]
- Wu, F., Y. Xu, 2013. Sino-American Environmental Relations: The potential of Trans-Societal Linkages. Issues and Studies, 49(3): 73–110
- Chi-Jen Yang and Xu, Y., 2013, Guangdong’s Energy Outlook in China’s Context, Civic Exchange (URL: http://www.civic-exchange.org/en/publications/164987058)
- Xu, Y., 2009. The Performance of China’s SO2 scrubbers at Coal Power Plants, Environmental Pollution and Public Health Conference (EPPH 2009), Beijing, China, June 14-16, 2009. Page 1-4.
- Xu, Y., 2009, Predictability and China’s legally binding goal of CO2 emissions, China and Global Climate Change: Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China; June 18-19.
- J. Domanski, J., Jemelkova, B., Johnson, S., Lanning, M., Li, J., Meginness, S., Peterson, G., Wiafe, K., Xu, Y., and Yang, C., 2005. Breathing Easier in Rural China: Analysis of Options for Reducing Indoor Air Pollution from Burning Solid Fuels. Prepared for the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program of the World Bank
- Xu, Y., W.H. Qian, 2003. Research on East Asian summer monsoon marginal belt: a review, Acta Geographica Sinica 58: 138-146 (東亞季風邊緣活動帶研究綜述,地理學報)
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Research funding:
As a principal investigator (PI):
Co-PI (responsible for Sub-Project No. 4), Project title: Demonstration of green development monitoring and diagnosis optimization in megacities; Reference No.: 2022YFB3903700; Granting Agency: National Key R&D Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China; Total amount: RMB 4,200,000 (Sub-Project No. 4’s total funding), 1/12/2022 – 30/11/2026.
June 2019 – June 2021, Research Sustainability of Major RGC Funding Schemes (RSFS): China Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Matching CO2 Sources and Storage Sites along the Maritime Silk Road; Total amount: HK$480,000. (Co-Investigators: Anatole Boute (CUHK), Carlos Lo (CUHK), Jing Song (CUHK), Christine Loh (CUHK), Jin Shang (CityU), Michael Tsimplis (CityU), Lei Zhu (Beihang U), Daejun Chang (KAIST), Steve Wright (HBKU, Qatar))
July 2018 – Jun 2020, Direct Grant for Research, Social Science Panel, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: China-India Technology Collaboration for Renewable Energy under the Belt and Road Initiative; Total amount: HK$100,000. (Co-Investigator: Shreekant Gupta (University of Delhi))
Jan 2018 – Dec 2018, Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund; Title: Wind or Solar? The Political Economy of Fuel Competition between Renewables; Total amount: £10,000 (plus matching fund); (co-investigators: Tihomir Ancev (Sydney), Anatole Boute (CUHK), Chunbo Ma (UWA), Peter G. Taylor (Leeds), Chu Wei (RUC), Armida Alisjahbana (UNPAD), Gilles Lepesant (CNRS), Rainer Quitzow (IASS), Hideaki Shiroyama (Tokyo), David Victor (UCSD), Ambuj Sagar (IIT Delhi))
Jan 2017 – Dec 2019, General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council; Title: Integrating satellite data for compliance monitoring on CO2, SO2 and NOx in China's emission hotspots: A case study; Total amount: HK$907,488
Jan 2016 – Dec 2017, Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2015/16, Hong Kong Research Grants Council; Title: The National Strategies in China and Germany to Utilize Solar Energy and Develop Photovoltaic Industries; Total: HK$89,600.
Jan 2016 – Dec 2017, General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council; Title: Measuring and narrowing the gaps between reality and the ideal: residential black carbon mitigation in rural China; Total amount: HK$390,000; (Additional funding: Jan 2016 – Jun 2017, Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Total amount: HK$246,413)
Apr 2015 – Dec 2015, Research Fund on Evaluating and Managing Environmental Performance in China, The Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, The Ministry of Environmental Protection of China; Title: Theoretical exploration on managing environmental performance; Total amount: RMB 80,000
Aug 2015 – Jul 2016, National Geographic Air and Water Conservation Fund, National Geographic Society; Title: Repair the roof before it rains -- Regulating water consumption and pollution for shale gas development in Xinjiang; Total amount: US$17,625
Jun 2015 – Nov 2015, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Central Policy Unit; Title: Enforcing and Complying with Voluntary Agreements as an Alternative Environmental Policy Instrument; Total amount: HK$195,332
Sep 2014 – Aug 2016, South China Programme, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Defining the Relationship between the Sate and the Market for Effective Pollutant Emission Trading in China; Total amount: HK$151,080
May 2014 – Dec 2014, Grant for Applying Environmental Strategic Research, The Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, The Ministry of Environmental Protection of China; Title: Theories for managing the performance of environmental governance; Total amount: RMB 100,000
Aug 2014 – Jul 2016, Social Science Collaborative Research Fund, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Conformists or Deviants? – The Behavior and Underlying Mechanisms of Polluting Firms in the Pearl River Delta Region; Total amount: HK$172,074
Jun 2014 – May 2016, Direct Grant for Research, Social Science Panel, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Using remote sensing technologies to screen China's coal-fired power plants for environmental policy enforcement; Total amount: HK$69,600
Jan 2011 – Dec 2012, Direct Grant for Research, Social Science Panel, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Title: Competition between China and the United States in a carbon-constrained world; Total amount: HK$58,320; Code: C001-2021063
Summer 2009, Dissertation Research Travel fund, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University; Title: China’s SO2 emission goal and SO2 scrubbers in the 11th Five-Year Plan; Total amount: US$1,000
As a co-investigator (co-I):
Project title: Risk Management and Response along Extreme Weather and Climate Disaster Chains in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area; Reference No.: 2019YFC1510400; Granting Agency: National Key R&D Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China; Total amount: RMB 425,000, 1/1/2020 – 31/12/2023.
Project title: Evaluating and Managing Earthquake and Environmental Risks associated with Shale Gas Development; Reference No.: N/A; Granting agency: CUHK Faculty of Science Collaborative Research Impact Matching Scheme (CRIMS); 25/8/2020 – 31/5/2022, Total amount: HK$250,000
Jan 2014 – Dec 2014, Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Fund Grants 2013, Title: Developing compatible energy and climate strategies; Total amount: £8,000
Jan 2012 – Aug 2016, National Basic Research Program of China ("973"); Title: The mechanism complexity, the new integrated assessment model and policy simulation platform on climate change economics; Total amount: RMB20,000,000; Code: 2012CB955800
