Dr. Ryna Cui is an Assistant Research Scholar at the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS). Dr. Cui is an expert in global coal transition and climate and energy policies in China. She leads the Global Coal Analysis and Policy for Decarbonization Project at CGS. As the China research lead, Dr. Cui also manages the development and implementation of CGS's China program portfolio. Her research focuses on climate change mitigation, sustainable energy transition, and global and national integrated assessment modeling of China, India and the United States.
Before joining CGS, Dr. Cui worked at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration between the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. Her prior research has focused on long-term food security under climate change mitigation, international agriculture trade and food demand, integrated assessment of energy-food-water nexus, and international carbon markets. She holds a PhD in Environmental Policy from the University of Maryland, a Master's degree in Public Policy from the College of William and Mary, and a Bachelor's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Renmin University in Beijing. She enjoys running, hiking, traveling in nature, and trying out good food and good beers from around the world.
- Coal transition
- Climate change mitigation
- China climate and energy policy
The China Program at CGS integrates scientific research, education, policy analysis, and stakeholder engagement to help understand and inform the development and deployment of China’s climate, energy, and environment strategies across international, national, and local contexts.
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Through our research on the state of global coal, CGS conducts analysis on the trends of global coal power -- leveraging and building on new global datasets to paint a global and country-specific picture of coal power worldwide.
Learn More about Accelerating the Global Coal TransitionSchool Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui
School Authors: Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke, Haewon McJeon, Morgan Edwards, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Christina Bowman
Other Authors: Carla Frisch , Kevin Kennedy, Tom Cyrs, Pete Hansel, Paul Bodnar, Michelle Manion , Jessie Lund , Michael I. Westphal, Andrew Clapper , Joel Jaeger , Arijit Sen , Jiehong Lou, Devashree Saha, Wendy Jaglom, Koben Calhoun, Kristin Igusky, James deWeese, Kareem Hammoud, J.C. Altimirano, Margaret Dennis, Chris Henderson, Gill Zwicker, John O'Neill
School Authors: Sha Yu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Haewon McJeon, Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke
Other Authors: Brinda Yarlagadda
School Authors: Sha Yu, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Haewon McJeon, Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke
Other Authors: Brinda Yarlagadda
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Jiawei Song, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Diyang Cui, Morgan Edwards, Haewon McJeon
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Jiawei Song, Nathan Hultman
Other Authors: Diyang Cui, Morgan Edwards, Haewon McJeon
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Nathan Hultman, Morgan Edwards, Christina Bowman, Leon Clarke
Other Authors: Kejun Jiang, Haewon McJeon, Sha Yu, Diyang Cui, Arijit Sen , Kaihui Song, Junjie Kang, Fuqiang Yang, Jiahai Yuan, Weirong Zhang
School Authors: Nathan Hultman, Leon Clarke, Christina Bowman, Morgan Edwards, Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui
Other Authors: Carla Frisch, Kevin Kennedy, Paul Bodnar, Pete Hansel, Tom Cyrs, Michelle Manion, Jessie Lund, Joel Jaeger, Andrew Clapper, Arijit Sen, Devashree Saha, Michael Westphal, Wendy Jaglom , Juan Carlos Altamirano, Maggie Dennis, Kareem Hammoud, Christopher Henderson, John O'Neill, Emily Goldfield
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Nathan Hultman, Morgan Edwards, Kavita Surana
Other Authors: Linlang He, Arijit Sen , Haewon McJeon, Gokul Iyer, Pralit Patel, Sha Yu, Ted Nace, Christine Shearer
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Morgan Edwards, Christina Bowman
School Authors: Yiyun 'Ryna' Cui, Kavita Surana, Shannon Kennedy
