Introduction

Hello,

Welcome to the Heinz Talks! Blog. My name is Zhimin Mao, and I recently graduated from the Heinz College's Washington DC program. I am currently working as a policy analyst focusing on China's energy and climate policy and a lot of my work was focused on China's low carbon development pathways and related environmental assessment strategies.

The upcoming talk on October 27th would highlight an important factor that was not often discussed but critical. The current urge for action on climate change issues largely came from the scientific world yet the diffusion of new products and technologies would eventually be driven by the private sector. Such products and technologies should make business sense in order to provide the motivations needed to achieve a quick deployment. A list of “profitable solution” may also encourage countries without emission caps to voluntarily adopt low emissions products or technologies. In fact, the vast development of China's CDM market and its solar industry is resulted from potential financial incentives.

I am very excited to attend the upcoming discussion and look forward to meeting people who are also interested in this topic.

Have a nice day!

Zhimin Mao